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Posted by Kenneth A. Colamarino on April 05, 2003 at 11:38:30:
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Article 19. The loss of the citizenship of Ukraine
The citizenship of Ukraine is lost:
1. If a citizen of Ukraine has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of another state after attaining his/her majority.
Voluntary acquiring of the citizenship of another state are all cases when a citizen of Ukraine of his/her own free will, expressed in written application, has acquired the citizenship of another state or if he/she voluntarily obtained a document certifying his/her acquiring of the citizenship of foreign state, except for the cases when:
a. Children acquire the citizenship of another state simultaneously with the citizenship of Ukraine;
b. Children who are citizens of Ukraine and were adopted by a foreigner, obtain the citizenship of foster parent;
c. A citizen of Ukraine automatically obtains the citizenship of another state due to marriage to a foreigner;
d. The citizenship of another state was granted to a citizen of Ukraine automatically, without his voluntary will and he has not voluntary obtained a document certifying his/her acquiring of the citizenship of another state;
2. If a foreigner acquired the citizenship of Ukraine and has not submitted in the order, foreseen by fifth part of the Article 8, paragraph 2 of second part of the Article 9 and second part of the Article 10 of this Law, a document certifying the termination of foreign citizenship or a declaration of its renunciation;
3. If a foreigner has acquired the citizenship of Ukraine and used rights or fulfilled obligations provided or imposed on him/her by the foreign citizenship;
4. If a person has acquired the citizenship of Ukraine in accordance with the Article 9 of this Law due to presenting deliberately wrong information or falsified documents;
5. If a citizen of Ukraine has voluntarily entered military service, security service, law enforcement agencies, justice or state authorities or bodies of local self-government of another state without consent of state bodies of Ukraine.
The provisions of paragraphs 1,2,3,5 of first part of this Article are not applied if due to such application a citizen of Ukraine becomes a person without citizenship.
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