Grounds in Revoking Filipino Citizenship
Grounds in Revoking Filipino Citizenship
CITIZENSHIP?
By Naturalization
ang hudisyal na gawa ng pag-ampon ng isang
By Birth
foreigner at pagbigay sa kanya ng mga pribilehiyo ng
Jus soli (right of soil) isang katutubong-ipinanganak na mamamayan.
Jus sanguinis (right of Ipinapahiwatig nito ang pagtalikod sa isang dating
blood) nasyonalidad at ang katotohanan ng pagpasok
patungo sa isang bagong pulitikal na katawan.
IMPORTANCE OF
PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP
A natural born citizen can:
right to hold
public
positions • engage in retail business
• acquire private land
• vote during election
• plebiscite or other political
qualified for exercise
appointment for • to be protected by the
positions reserved government even when abroad
for citizens
GROUNDS IN REVOKING
CITIZENSHIP
Commonwealth Act No. 63, dated 20 October 1936, provides that Philippine
citizens may lose citizenship in any of the following ways or events:
By naturalization in a
foreign country
By express renunciation of
citizenship
GROUNDS IN REVOKING
CITIZENSHIP
By subscribing to an oath of
allegiance to support the By rendering services to, or
constitution or laws of a foreign accepting commission in, the
country upon attaining twenty-one
armed forces of a foreign
years of age or more: Provided,
however, that a Filipino may not country, and the taking of an
divest himself of Philippine oath of allegiance incident
citizenship in any manner while the thereto, except in certain
Republic of the Philippines is at war specified cases
with any country.
GROUNDS IN REVOKING
CITIZENSHIP
By cancellation of the certificates of naturalization