Chapter I
Citizenship
1.(1) Every person who, having been born in Tanganyika. is on the eighth day of December, 1961, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British protected person shall become a citizen of Tanganyika on the ninth day of December, 1961: Provided that a person shall not become a citizen of Tanganyika by virtue of this subsection if neither of his parents was born in Tanganyika.
(2) Every person who, having been born outside Tanganyika, is on the eighth day of December, 1961, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British protected person shall, if his father becomes, or would but for his death have become, a citizen of Tanganyika in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, become a citizen of Tanganyika on the ninth day of December, 1961.
2 .(1) Any persons who, but for the proviso to subsection (1) of section 1 of this constitution, would be a citizen of Tanganyika by virtue of that subsection, shall be entitled, upon making application before the specified date in such manner as may be prescribed by Parliament, to be registered as a citizen of Tanganyika:
Provided that a person who has not attained the age of twenty-one years (other than a woman who is or bus been married) may not himself make an application under this subsection, but an application may be made on his behalf by his parent or guardian
(2) Any woman who on the eighth day of December, 1961, is or has been married to a person-
(a) who becomes a citizen of Tanganyika by virtue of section 1 of this Constitution;
Or
(b) who, having died before the ninth day of December, 1961 would, but for his death, have become a citizen of Tanganyika by virtue of that 5ection, shall be entitled, upon making application in such a manner as
may be prescribed by Parliament to be registered ,is a citizen of Tanganyika.
(3) Any woman who, on the eighth day of December, 1961 is married to a person who subsequently becomes a citizen of Tanganyika by registration under subsection(1) of this section shall be entitled upon making application before the specified date in such manner as may be prescribed by the Parliament , to be registered as a citizen of Tanganyika.
(4) Any woman who, on the eighth day of December, 1961, has been married to a person who becomes, or would, but for his death, have become entitled to be registered as a citizen of Tanganyika under subsection(1) of this section , but whose marriage has been terminated by death or dissolution shall be entitled, upon making an application before the specified date in such a manner as may be prescribed by Parliament, to be registered as a citizen of Tanganyika.
(5) Any person who, on the eighth day of December, 1961 is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, having become such a citizen by virtue of his having been naturalized or registered in Tanganyika under the
British Nationality Act, 1948(a), shall be entitled, upon making application before the specified date in such manner as may be prescribed by Parliament, to be registered as a citizen of Tanganyika
Provided that a person who has not attained the age of twenty-one years (other than a woman who is or has been married) may not himself make an application under this subsection but an application may be made on his behalf by his parent or guardian.
(6) In this section "the specified date" means---
(a) its relation to whom subsection (1) of this section the refers, the ninth day of December, 1963,
(b) in relation to whom subsection (3) of this section refers, the expiration of such period after her husband is registered as a citizen of Tanganyika as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament;
(c) in relation to a woman to whom subsection (4) of this section refers, the ninth day of December, 1963; and
(d) in relation to a person to whom subsection (5) of this section refers, the ninth day of December, 1963,
or such later date as may in any particular ease be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament.
3. Every person born in Tanganyika after the eighth day of December, 1961, shall become a citizen of Tanganyika at the date of his birth;
Provided that a person shall not become a citizen of Tanganyika by virtue of this section if at the time of his birth-
(a) neither of his parents is a citizen of Tanganyika and his father possesses such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to the envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to Tanganyika, or
(b) his father is an enemy alien and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by the enemy
4. A person born outside Tanganyika after the eighth day of December, 1961, shall become a citizen of Tanganyika at the date of his births if at that date his father is a citizen of Tanganyika otherwise than by Virtue of this section or subsection (2) of section 1 of this Constitution (Ingembana Bashe kama angekuwa kazaliwa Somalia kabla baba yake hajapata uraia wa Tanzania)