Constitution of The BahamasIn briefLets a citizen aged twenty-one or over who has or will get another nationality renounce Bahamian citizenship, with a six-month condition and wartime limits.
Any citizen of The Bahamas who has attained the age of twenty-one years and who (a) is also a citizen or national of any other country; or
A citizen of The Bahamas who is aged twenty-one or over and who (a) is also a citizen or national of another country; or
intends to become a citizen or national of any other country, shall be entitled to renounce his citizenship of The Bahamas by a declaration made and registered in such manner as may be prescribed:
intends to become a citizen or national of another country, is entitled to renounce (formally give up) his citizenship of The Bahamas by a declaration made and registered in the prescribed (set out by law) way:
Provided that-
But-
in the case of a person who is not a citizen or national of any other country at the date of registration of his declaration or renunciation, if he does not become such a citizen or national within six months from the date of registration he shall be, and shall be deemed to have remained, a citizen of The Bahamas notwithstanding the making and registration of his declaration of his declaration of renunciation; and
if a person is not a citizen or national of another country on the date his declaration of renunciation is registered, and he does not become one within six months from that date, he is, and is treated as always having remained, a citizen of The Bahamas even though he made and registered his declaration of renunciation; and
the right of any person to renounce his citizenship of The Bahamas during any period when The Bahamas is engaged in any war shall be subject to such exceptions or qualification as may be prescribed in the interests of national security or public policy.
a person's right to renounce his citizenship of The Bahamas during any period when The Bahamas is engaged in a war is subject to any exceptions or qualifications prescribed in the interests of national security or public policy.