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Article VI
Kuwait Nationality may be withdrawn by a decree (reasons to be mentioned)
in respect of those who were granted nationality according to the provisions of the
three previous Articles, on one of the following grounds: —
1. if Kuwait Nationality was obtained by false statements or by fraud.
2. if sentence has been passed in Kuwait on a Criminal charge or for a
term of imprisonment of not less than two years.
3. for any act performed within or without Kuwait an act endangering
the safety of the Government, the organisation of Government or the Public
order of Kuwait.
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4. publishing, by way of speech, writing or any other means of
propagation, revolutionary ideas contrary to Islamic faith. But withdrawal
of Nationality will not take place in the case of any person who has been
naturalised for more than five years. l
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Article VII
Kuwait nationality may be granted by special order to a foreigner who has
rendered valuable services to Kuwait in which case no other conditions are
required.
Article VIII
With the exception of the circumstances laid down by this law, a Kuwaiti cannot
assume a foreign nationality without the prior permission of the Government of
Kuwait, which permission will not be granted except by decree. A Kuwaiti who
adopts a foreign nationality without the prior sanction of the Government of
Kuwait will still be considered a Kuwaiti from all points of view and in all
circumstances.
Article IX
Any person who enters into military service with a Foreign Government may,
if he performs such service without the approval of the Government of Kuwait,
be deprived of Kuwait Nationality by decree. Similarly any person accepting
employment under a Foreign Government outside Kuwait and remaining in such
employment in spite of the instructions from the Government of Kuwait to
relinquish such employment. Any person losing nationality under this article may
resume it under the conditions of Article III of this law.
Article X
A woman not of Kuwait nationality, marrying a Kuwaiti, becomes a Kuwaiti
subject and, if the marriage is dissolved, will not lose her Kuwaiti nationality
unless she decides to reside outside Kuwait and resume her original nationality
in accordance with the provisions of the relevant law. A Kuwaiti woman who
marries a foreigner, loses her Kuwaiti nationality if, under the relevant law, she
acquires by marriage the nationality of her husband. If the marriage is dissolved
and if she expresses her desire to do so, provided that her normal residence was
in Kuwait or that she has returned to Kuwait to take up her residence, she may
resume Kuwait Nationality.
Article XI
The wife of a foreigner who acquires Kuwait Nationality will also become
a Kuwaiti subject unless she decides, within a period of one year from the date
of her husband’s naturalisation, that she wishes to retain her original nationality.
Similarly the wife of a Kuwaiti who takes up foreign nationality will lose her
Kuwaiti Nationality if under the law governing her husband’s new nationality
she acquires that nationality with him, unless within a period of one year of her
husband’s acquiring that nationality she decides that she wishes to retain her
Kuwait Nationality. Except under the foregoing conditions a wife shall not
acquire a nationality other than of her husband. If a marriage is dissolved the
wife may resume her original nationality under the conditions laid down in the
previous article.
Article XII
Unless their usual residence is outside Kuwait and, according to the law of
the country to which they belong, they retain their foreign nationality, the minor
children of a foreigner who acquires Kuwait Nationality will become Kuwaities.