Bahrain: Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain

 Title

 

 Bahrain: Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain
 Date of adoption

 

  14 February 2002
 Entry into force

 

  In effect

Last amended: 2012

 
 Text versions Arabic

English

Source:

– Legislation & Legal Opinion Commission, Kingdom of Bahrain, accessed: 26 June 2014, http://www.legalaffairs.gov.bh/102.aspx?cms=iQRpheuphYtJ6pyXUGiNqq6h9qKLgVAb

– Constitutionnet, accessed: 27 June 2014, http://www.constitutionnet.org/files/Bahrain%20Constitution.pdf
 

Abstract
Keywords: Bahrain, Laws & Regulations, Human Rights, Citizenship

Art. 17 (1): “Bahraini nationality shall be determined by law. A person inherently enjoying his Bahraini nationality cannot be stripped of his nationality except in case of treason, and such other cases as prescribed by law.”

Art. 17(2): ”It is prohibited to banish a citizen from Bahrain or prevent him from returning to it.”