REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

THE CITIZENSHIP REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT

No. 8 OF 1987

Arrangement of Sections
1. Amendment to the Citizenship Regulation.
2. Commencement.

Assent:	16/6/87	
Commencement:	19/10/87	

An Act to amend the provisions relating to loss of citizenship and to passport control in the Citizenship Regulation.
BE IT ENACTED by the President and Parliament as follows:
1	AMENDMENT TO THE CITIZENSHIP REGULATION
The Citizenship Regulation No. 16 of 1980 shall be amended as follows:
	(a) by inserting after section 14 the following:
	"14A A person who has acquired citizenship by naturalisation shall lose that citizenship if he travels across a national boundary making use of a passport of any foreign state."
	(b) by adding after section 21:
	"22. Any citizen of Vanuatu (whether or not a naturalised citizen) who travels across a national boundary making use of a passport of any foreign state and without being authorised in writing by the Minister commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding 25,000 Vatu or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both."
2	COMMENCEMENT
This Act shall come into force on the date of publication in the Gazette.