Iraq: Resolution No. 329 of 1984 (nationality)
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Date:
26 March 1984
In accordance with the provisions of para (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution,
The Revolutionary Command Council have decided in their session held on 15.03.1984 the following:
Article 1
Every Iraqi official or worker in the State Department or the Socialist Sector who has married of a foreign woman shall be applied thereon the following:FIRSTLY
To be served by this department or organization that his wife should submit an application for granting her the Iraqi nationality if she had resided in Iraq or one year or more. If she refused, the department or the organization concerned shall adopt the procedures for terminating his employment therein. In this case, he shall be bound to pay for the State Treasury, three thousand Dinars, as well as his study expenditures as being estimated by both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
SECONDLY
If his wife submits an application for granting her the Iraqi nationality through ten days after being notified in case she was inside Iraq or has submitted an application within two months via registered mail, or by one of the Iraqi delegations in case she was abroad, and a decision for granting her the Iraqi nationality has been issued, then the procedures stipulated in (Firstly) of this Article shall not be applied.
THIRDLY
In the event that the Iraqi competent authorities refuse to grant her the Iraqi nationality, then she shall be ordered to leave the country through a period to be determined by the Residence Directorate; and the department for terminating his service and restoring the amounts referred to in this resolution.
FOURTHLY
If the residence of the wife in Iraq is less than a year, her husband shall remain in his work till her one-year-residence period expires, then the procedure aforesaid shall be adopted.
Article 2
The competent authorities shall not be restricted with the three-year-period provided for in the Revolutionary Command Council Resolution No. 180 of 1980, when considering the application for granting the Iraqi nationality to the wife if her one-year-residence period is completed.Article 3
The provisions aforementioned shall be applied on every person who may marry after the enforcement of this resolution or may have married a foreign woman after 31.12.1968, where procedures of terminating his service were not adopted.Article 4
The provisions of this resolution shall be applied to the Iraqi woman, if she was an official or worker in the State Departments or the Socialist Sector, when she is married to a foreigner.Article 5
It shall not be deemed as a foreigner, for the purposes of this resolution, the Arab husband (or wife) who is bearing nationality of an Arab state.Article 6
It can be appointed the person whose service was terminated by virtue of the Revolutionary Command Council Resolution Nos. (197) and (620) dated 15.09.1968 and 02.06.1974, as an official or worker in the state departments or the Socialist Sector if his wife was granted the Iraqi Nationality.Article 7
This resolution shall be effective as from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.Saddam Hussein Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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