NTIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP.

No. 82 of 1960.

An Act to amend the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948–1959.

[Assented to 13th December, 1960.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)     This Act may be cited as the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1960.

(2.)    The Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948–1959, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948–1960.

Commencement.

2.   This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3.   Section thirty-six of the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948–1959 is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Statement in support of application for registration or naturalization.

“36.—(1.)    Subject to this section, an applicant for a certificate of registration or a certificate of naturalization shall furnish, in support of his application, a statement in writing, signed by him, setting out—

(a) his name, address and occupation;

(b) the date and place of his birth; and

(c) such other matters as are prescribed.

“(2.)  Where a matter required by the last preceding subsection to be set out in a statement by an applicant is not known to the applicant and cannot reasonably be ascertained by him, that matter shall be taken to be sufficiently set out in the statement if the statement contains such information with respect to that matter as is known to the applicant.”.