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Australian Citizenship Act 2007
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#### 32 Day citizenship begins again etc.
(1) A person becomes an Australian citizen again on the day on which the Minister approves the person becoming an Australian citizen again.
Same kind of citizenship—former citizen under this Act
(2) If the person, before ceasing to be an Australian citizen, was an Australian citizen under Subdivision A, AA or B, the person becomes an Australian citizen again under that Subdivision.
> Note: One of the effects of this subsection is that the Minister is able to revoke the person’s citizenship: see section 34.
Same kind of citizenship—former citizen under old Act
(3) If the person, before ceasing to be an Australian citizen, was an Australian citizen under the provision set out in column 2 of the following table, the person becomes an Australian citizen again under the provision set out in column 3 of the table.
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:343.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Same kind of citizenship</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:43.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 1</span><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:148.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 2</span><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Provision under which person was a citizen</span></p></td><td style="width:129.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 3</span><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Provision under which person becomes a citizen again</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:43.95pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:148.7pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Section</span><span> </span><span>10B, 10C or 11 of the old Act</span></p></td><td style="width:129.25pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Subdivision</span><span> </span><span>A of this Division</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:43.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:148.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Division</span><span> </span><span>2 of Part</span><span> </span><span>III of the old Act</span></p></td><td style="width:129.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Subdivision</span><span> </span><span>B of this Division</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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> Note: One of the effects of this subsection is that the Minister is able to revoke the person’s citizenship: see section 34.