Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 — section 10

10. Married women..—(1) Any woman who by reason of her marriage to a 2[British subject] before the first day of January, 1949, has acquired the status of a 2[British subject] shall, if her husband becomes a citizen of Pakistan, be a citizen of Pakistan. 1 Subs., renumbered and added by Act No. XLVIII of 1973, ss. 2-3. 2 Subs. by Act No. V of 1952, ss. 5-6.

(2)Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) and sub-section (4) a woman who has been married to a citizen of Pakistan or to a person who but for his death would have been a citizen of Pakistan under section 3, 4 or 5 shall be entitled, on making application therefor to the 1[Federal Government] in the prescribed manner and, if she is an alien, on obtaining a certificate of domicile and taking the oath of allegiance in the form set out in the Schedule to this Act, to be registered as a citizen of Pakistan whether or not she has completed twentyone years of her age and is of full capacity.

(3)Subject as aforesaid, a woman who has been married to a person who, but for his death, could have been a citizen of Pakistan under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 6 (whether he migrated as provided in that sub-section or is deemed under the proviso to section 7 to have so migrated) shall be entitled as provided in sub-section (2) subject further, if she is an alien, to her obtaining the certificate and taking the oath therein mentioned.

(4)A person who has ceased to be a citizen of Pakistan under section 14 or who has been deprived of citizenship of Pakistan under this Act shall not be entitled to be registered as a citizen thereof under this section but may be so registered with the previous consent of the 1[Federal Government].