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Australian Citizenship Act 1948
32Certificate of registration or naturalization in case of doubt
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#### 32 Certificate of registration or naturalization in case of doubt
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Minister may, in the Minister’s discretion, upon application in accordance with the approved form, grant a certificate of Australian citizenship to a person with respect to whose status as an Australian citizen a doubt exists.
(2) Before granting the certificate, the Minister may require that person to comply with such provisions of this Act as the Minister specifies.
(3) A certificate granted under this section shall, unless it is proved that it was obtained by means of fraud, a false representation or the concealment of some material fact, be conclusive evidence that the person was an Australian citizen on the date of the certificate but without prejudice to any evidence that the person was an Australian citizen at an earlier date.