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Nationality Act — Article 18 (Change in Rights of Persons who have Lost Nationality)

국적법 제18조

(1) No person who has lost the nationality of the Republic of Korea shall enjoy the rights afforded only to nationals of the Republic of Korea, from the time of such loss of nationality.

(2) Where a person has acquired transferable rights under paragraph (1) when he or she was a national of the Republic of Korea, he or she shall transfer them to a national of the Republic of Korea within three years, unless otherwise prescribed by statutes or regulations related to such rights.[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 14, 2008]

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