Palestine Citizenship Order 1925

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The Palestine Citizenship Order 1925 was a British Mandate-era legal decree that defined who qualified as a citizen of Palestine and established the framework for Palestinian nationality under British rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Mandate decree ⓘ
Order in Council ⓘ
citizenship law ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
aimedTo clarify nationality status of inhabitants of Palestine ⓘ
appliesToPopulation Ottoman subjects habitually resident in Palestine ⓘ
habitual residents of Palestine ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Palestine under British Mandate ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
basedOn British nationality law principles ⓘ
consequence creation of a distinct Palestinian citizenship status ⓘ
country Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
dateEnacted 1925 ⓘ
defines Palestinian citizenship ⓘ
Palestinian nationality ⓘ
enactedBy British government ⓘ
enactedUnderAuthorityOf League of Nations Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
establishes legal framework for Palestinian nationality ⓘ
fieldOfLaw colonial law ⓘ
international mandate law ⓘ
governs acquisition of citizenship by birth in Palestine ⓘ
status of Palestinian citizens abroad ⓘ
transmission of Palestinian citizenship by descent ⓘ
historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational text for Palestinian nationality under British rule ⓘ
implementedBy Palestine Citizenship Regulations ⓘ
jurisdiction High Commissioner for Palestine ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalEffect distinguished Palestinian citizens from other British protected persons ⓘ
legalForm Order in Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Orders of Council
legalStatus subordinate legislation of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legalSystem British Mandate legal system ⓘ
regulates acquisition of Palestinian citizenship ⓘ
deprivation of Palestinian citizenship ⓘ
naturalization of foreigners in Palestine ⓘ
registration of citizens ⓘ
renunciation of Palestinian citizenship ⓘ
relatedTo British nationality law ⓘ
Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Ottoman nationality law ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman citizenship
subjectMatter citizenship criteria ⓘ
loss of nationality ⓘ
nationality law ⓘ
naturalization ⓘ
temporalContext interwar period ⓘ
typeOfNorm public law ⓘ

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British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → enforcedDocument → Palestine Citizenship Order 1925 ⓘ
Palestine Citizenship Order 1925 → implementedBy → Palestine Citizenship Regulations ⓘ
linked to: Palestine Citizenship Order 1925