Section 47 — Citizenship
(1)
Every person who, immediately before the appointed day, was a citizen of Malawi under any existing law shall continue to be a citizen of Malawi after the appointed day.
(2)
An Act of Parliament may make provision for the acquisition or loss of citizenship of Malawi by any person after the appointed day, but citizenship shall not be arbitrarily denied or deprived.
(3)
In this section, the expression— (a) “acquisition of citizenship” includes acquisition by birth, descent, marriage, registration, naturalization or any other means prescribed by an Act of Parliament; and (b) “loss of citizenship” includes loss by deprivation, renunciation or any other means prescribed by an Act of Parliament.