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Code · U.S. Code · Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY · CHAPTER 12— IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY · SUBCHAPTER III— NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION · § 1403

§ 1403. Persons born in the Canal Zone or Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904

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(a)Any person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.
(b)Any person born in the Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States employed by the Government of the United States or by the Panama Railroad Company, or its successor in title, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 1, § 303, 66 Stat. 236.)
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  • June 27, 1952, ch. 477
  • 66 Stat. 236
  • act Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1049, § 2(a)(2)
  • 64 Stat. 1038
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§ 1403
Persons born in the Canal Zone or Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904
Stat. Comp.×1
U.S.C.×1
ActJune 27, 1952, ch. 477
Stat.66 Stat. 236
Actact Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1049, § 2(a)(2)
Stat.64 Stat. 1038
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