8 U.S.C. § 1403 — Persons born in the Canal Zone or Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904
submitted 74 years ago by ch. 477 to r/title-8-ALIENS-AND-NATIONALITY · 140 words · no verdicts yet
This section declares certain people born in the Canal Zone or the Republic of Panama to be United States citizens. The required parent’s citizenship and, for births in Panama, the parent’s qualifying employment depend on the place of birth.
(a) A person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904, whether before or after this chapter took effect, is declared to be a United States citizen if, when the person was born, the person’s father or mother, or both, was or were a United States citizen.
(b) A person born in the Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904, whether before or after this chapter took effect, is declared to be a United States citizen if, when the person was born, the person’s father or mother, or both, was or were a United States citizen employed by the United States Government or by the Panama Railroad Company or its successor in title.
Any person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.
Any person born in the Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States employed by the Government of the United States or by the Panama Railroad Company, or its successor in title, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.
Source credit: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 1, § 303, 66 Stat. 236.)
- 1952Enacted · Act of June 27, 1952, ch. 477 · 66 Stat. 236
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