AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 129 of 1984 - SECT 15 Deprivation of citizenship

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 129 of 1984 - SECT 15

15. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended -

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(a) a person who is an Australian citizen by virtue of a certificate of
Australian citizenship -

        (i)    has been convicted of an offence against section 50 in
relation to the application for his certificate of
Australian citizenship; or

        (ii)   has, at any time after furnishing the application for his
certificate of Australian citizenship (including a time
after the grant of the certificate), been convicted of an
offence against a law in force in a foreign country or
against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory
for which he has been sentenced to death or to
imprisonment for life or for a period of not less than 12
months, being an offence committed at any time before
the grant of the certificate (including a time before the
furnishing of the application); and";
(b) by inserting "in his discretion," after "the Minister may,"; and

   (c)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:

"(2) A reference in sub-section (1) to a conviction of an offence includes a
reference to the making of an order under sub-section 19B (1) of the Crimes 
Act 1914 or the corresponding provision of a law in force in a foreign country
or of a law of a State or Territory in relation to the offence.

"(3) Where the Minister makes an order under sub-section (1) depriving a
person of his Australian citizenship, the Minister shall, if the person is
present in Australia, cause to be served on the person, either personally or
by post, a copy of that order.".