www.lawcommission.gov.np Part-2 Citizenship 10. Not to Deprive of Citizenship: (1) No citizen of Nepal shall be deprived of the right to obtain citizenship. (2) Provision of single federal citizenship with provincial identity has been made in Nepal. 11. To be Citizens of Nepal: (1) The persons who have obtained the citizenship of Nepal at the time of commencement of this Constitution and who are qualified to obtain citizenship in accordance with this Part shall be the citizens of Nepal. (2) The following person who has his or her permanent domicile in Nepal at the time of commencement of this Constitution shall be the citizen of Nepal by descent:(a) A person who has obtained the citizenship of Nepal by descent prior to the commencement of this Constitution; (b) A person whose father or mother was a citizen of Nepal at the time of his or her birth. (3) A child of a citizen having obtained the citizenship of Nepal by virtue of birth prior to the commencement of this Constitution shall, upon attaining the age of majority, acquire the citizenship of Nepal by descent in case the child's father and mother both are citizens of Nepal. (4) Every minor who is found within Nepal and the whereabouts of whose father and mother are not known shall, until the father or the mother of the child is traced, be a citizen of Nepal by descent. (5) A person who is born in Nepal to a woman who is a citizen of Nepal and has resided in Nepal and whose father is not traced shall be provided with the citizenship of Nepal by descent. Provided that in case his or her father is held to be a foreign citizen, the citizenship of such person shall be converted into naturalized citizenship as provided for in the federal law. 5