| Ghanaian Citizenship Act | |
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| Parliament of Ghana | |
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| Citation | AND REGULATIONS/ACT 591.pdf Act No. 591 of 2000 |
| Enacted by | Government of Ghana |
| Assented to | 30 December 2000 |
| Amended by | |
| The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1971, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1972, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1978, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1979, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2000, and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2002 | |
| Summary | |
| Along with the Constitution of Ghana, the Citizenship Act, 2000 is the exhaustive law relating to citizenship in Ghana. | |
| Status: Current legislation | |
Ghanaian nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Ghana, as amended; the Ghana Citizenship Act, and its revisions; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory.[1] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Ghana.[2] The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship. Nationality describes the relationship of an individual to the state under international law, whereas citizenship is the domestic relationship of an individual within the nation.[3][4] Ghanaian nationality is typically obtained under the principle of jus sanguinis, born to parents with Ghanaian nationality.[5] It can be granted to persons with an affiliation to the country, or to a permanent resident who has lived in the country for a given period of time through naturalization.[6]
- ^ Manby 2016, pp. 36, 134.
- ^ Manby 2016, pp. 4–6.
- ^ Fransman 2011, p. 4.
- ^ Rosas 1994, p. 34.
- ^ Manby 2016, p. 48.
- ^ Manby 2016, p. 6.