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2. The provisions of paragraph 1 are not applicable to persons who—

(a) have been deprived of their nationality by the State concerned;

(b) voluntarily enlisted in the Fascist German or Italian Army.

The provisions of Articles 1 and 2 do not relate to those persons who on the day on which the present Agreement is signed possess valid passports issued by either of the contracting parties and are staying in the territory of the other contracting party, or to those persons who after 4th April, 1945, by their own request acquired the nationality of either of the contracting parties.

1. Those persons who under the present Agreement are not nationals of that contracting party in whose territory they reside permanently, but are nationals of the other contracting party, may apply for the nationality of the State in which they are permanent residents irrespectively of the period of permanent residence prescribed as a condition by law, provided that they settled in the territory of the contracting party concerned within the period between 30th August, 1940, and 1st January, 1948.

2. Applications must be submitted within six months after the coming into force of the present Agreement.

3. The contracting parties will notify one another of the names of persons naturalised under paragraph 1 within 30 days from the date on which the relevant decisions were taken.

1. The contracting parties will each provide those of their nationals whose places of residence are in the territory of the other contracting party with travel documents, in respect of the persons referred to in Article 1 within twelve months from the coming into force of the present Agreement, and in respect of other persons within six months from the coming into force of the present Agreement.

2. The contracting parties will issue the necessary travel documents in advance of the time-limit referred to in para graph 1 to those of their nationals who prove that it is urgent for them to return to their homeland.