MULTILATERAL-PEACE WITH ITALY-FEB. 10, 1947 SECTION II- NATIONALITY. CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS Article 19 1. Italian citizens who were domiciled on June 10, 1940, in territory transferred by Italy to another State under the present Treaty, and their children born after that date, shall, except as provided in the following paragraph, become citizens with full civil and political rights of the State to which the territory is transferred, in accordance with legislation to that effect to be introduced by that State within three months from the coming into force of the present Treaty. Upon becoming citizens of the State con- cerned they shall lose their Italian citizenship. 2. The Government of the State to which the territory is transferred shall, by appropriate legislation within three months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, provide that all persons referred to in paragraph 1 over the age of eighteen years (or married persons whether under or over that age) whose customary language is Italian, shall be entitled to opt for Italian citizenship within a period of one year from the coming into force of the present Treaty. Any person so opting shall retain Italian citizenship and shall not be considered to have acquired the citizenship of the State to which the territory is transferred. The option of the husband shall not consti- tute an option on the part of the wife. Option on the part of the father, or, if the father is not alive, on the part of the mother, shall, however, automati- cally include all unmarried children under the age of eighteen years. 3. The State to which the territory is transferred may require those who take advantage of the option to move to Italy within a year from the date when the option was exercised. 4. The State to which the territory is transferred shall, in accordance with its fundamental laws, secure to all persons within the territory, without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, the enjoyment of human rights and of the fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, of press and publication, of religious worship, of political opinion and of public meeting. Article 20 1. Within a period of one year from the coming into force of the present Treaty, Italian citizens over 18 years of age (or married persons whether under or over that age), whose customary language is one of the Yugoslav 61 STAT.] 1379
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