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PUBLIC LAW 414-JUNE 27, 1952

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(5) who shall have had his residence in the United States for not less than twenty-five years subsequent to his naturalization and prior to the establishment of his foreign residence. ^^,

LOSS o r AMERICAN N A T I O N A L I T Y T H R O U G H P A R E N T ' S E X P A T R I A T I O N; N O T EFFECTIVE U N T I L PERSON A'm^AINS AGE o r T W E N T Y - F IV E YEARS

SEC, 355. A person having United States nationality, who is under the age of twenty-one and whose residence is in a foreign state with or under the legal custody of a parent who hereafter loses United States nationality under section 350 or 352 of this title, shall also lose his United States nationality if such person has or acquires the nationality of such foreign state: Provided, That, in such case. United States nationality shall not be lost as the result of loss of United States nationality by the parent unless and until the person attains the age of twenty-five years without having established his residence in the United States. N A T I O N A L I T Y LOST SOLELY FROM P E R FOR M A N C E O F ACTS OR F U L F I L L M E N T OF CONDITIONS

SEC. 356. The loss of nationality under this chapter shall result solely from the performance by a national of the acts or fulfillment of the conditions specified in this chapter. APPLICATION OF TREATIES; EXCEPTIONS

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SEC. 357. Nothing in this title shall be applied in contravention of the provisions of any treaty or convention to which the United States is a party and which has been ratified by the Senate upon the effective date of this title: Provided, however, That no woman who was a national of the United States shall be deemed to have lost her nationality solely by reason of her marriage to an alien on or after September 22, 1922, or to an alien racially ineligible to citizenship on or after March 3, 1931, or, in the case of a woman who was a United States citizen at birth, through residence abroad following such marriage, notwithstanding the provisions of any existing treaty or convention. CHAPTER 4—MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE OF DIPLOMATIC OR CONSULAR OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES AS TO L O S S O F AMERICA N N A T I O N A L I T Y UNDER C H A P T E R IV, N A T I O N A L I T Y ACT O F 1940, OR UNDER C H A P T E R 3 OF T H I S TITLE

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S E C 358. Whenever a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States has reason to believe that a person while in a foreign state has lost his United States nationality under any provision of chapter 3 of this title, or under any provision of chapter IV of the Nationality -^^t of 1940, as amended, he shall certify the facts upon which such belief is based to the Department of State, in writing, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State. If the report of the diplomatic or consular officer is approved by the Secretary of State, a copy of the certificate shall be forwarded to the Attorney General, for his information, and the diplomatic or consular office in which the report was made shall be directed to forward a copy of the certificate to the person to whom it relates.

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