Renunciation of citizenship

Example scenarios

• Eligible to renounce — he is already a citizen of another country, so he may make the prescribed declaration; on registration he ceases to be Grenadian. Fee EC$250.

  Cap 54 s.10(1) allows a citizen of full age and capacity who is, or is about to become, a citizen of another country to make a prescribed renunciation declaration (SRO 5/1977 reg 9 + Seventh Schedule; EC$250). Because he holds Canadian citizenship, the precondition is met and the Minister SHALL register the declaration; he ceases to be Grenadian on registration. (The Minister may withhold registration only in wartime where he is a national of an enemy country.)

• Cannot renounce into statelessness — s.10 requires being, or being about to become, a citizen of another country.

  Cap 54 s.10(1) conditions renunciation on the declarant being, or being about to become, a citizen of ANOTHER country. A sole Grenadian national with no other citizenship cannot satisfy this precondition; the requirement operates as a structural anti-statelessness safeguard, so the renunciation cannot be registered. He would first need to acquire (or be about to acquire) another nationality.

• Eligible — a woman who has been married is deemed to be of full age for s.10, so she may renounce (holding another nationality).

  Cap 54 s.10(2) deems a woman who has been married to be of full age for the purposes of the renunciation section. As she holds another nationality (satisfying s.10(1)) and is deemed of full age, she may make the prescribed declaration and renounce; on registration she ceases to be Grenadian (EC$250).

• The Minister MAY withhold registration of the renunciation in this wartime/enemy-nationality situation.

  The s.10(1) proviso permits the Minister to withhold registration of a renunciation declaration made by a person who is a national of another country during a war in which Grenada may be engaged. This wartime safeguard lets the Minister decline registration; outside that narrow wartime/enemy-nationality circumstance, registration of a valid declaration is mandatory ('shall').