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CA 63 Section 1

How citizenship may be lost.

Section 1

SECTION 1. How citizenship may be lost.—A Filipino citizen may lose his citizenship in any of the following ways and/or events: By naturalization in a foreign country; By express renunciation of citizenship; By subscribing to an oath of allegiance to support the constitution or laws of a foreign country upon attaining twenty-one years of age or more; By accepting commission in the military, naval or air service of a foreign country; By cancellation of the certificate of naturalization; By having been declared, by competent authority, a deserter of the Philippine army, navy or air corps in time of war, unless subsequently a plenary pardon or amnesty has been granted; and In the case of a woman, upon her marriage to a foreigner if, by virtue of the law in force in her husband's country, she acquires his nationality.

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CitationCA 63 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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