Official Code of Georgia Annotated/Title 1/Chapter 2/Section 4

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Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA)
Georgia General Assembly
General Provisions—Persons and Their Rights—Right of expatriation.
3177802Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) — General Provisions—Persons and Their Rights—Right of expatriation.Georgia General Assembly

Except in time of war, every citizen of this state shall have the right of expatriation with a view to becoming a citizen of another country with which this state is at peace. Declaration or avowal of the intention to become a citizen of another country, accompanied by actual removal, shall be held to be a renunciation of all one’s rights and duties as a citizen.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 53; Code 1868, § 49; Code 1873, § 46; Code 1882, § 46; Civil Code 1895, § 1805; Civil Code 1910, § 2162; Code 1933, § 79—203.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.—3B Am. Jur. 2d, Aliens and Citizens, § 1823 et seq. 3C Am. Jur. 2d, Aliens and Citizens, § 2086 et seq.

C. J. S.—14 C. J. S., Citizens, § 18 et seq.