Can a citizenship, once acquired, be lost? A citizen can choose to renounce his citizenship by making a declaration and once the declaration is registered, his citizenship terminates.
A citizen who absented himself from Brunei Darussalam for a continuous period of 5 years and is unable to provide proof to the satisfaction of His Majesty that he has maintained substantial connection with this country during that period will lose his citizenship.
A person will also lose his status as a citizen if he voluntarily acquires the nationality or citizenship of another State or country (no dual citizenship allowed) or in the case of a woman who acquired her citizenship through marriage with a Bruneian, if she acquires the nationality of her new foreign husband in a subsequent marriage.
His Majesty may also "tarik balik"or deprive the citizenship by registration or naturalisation of a person who has shown himself by act or speech to have the intent to be disloyal or disaffected towards His Majesty or has exercised any right, power or privilege to which he may be eligible by reason of any nationality or citizenship, for example by voting in an election in a foreign country.
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In the case of someone who has absented himself from Brunei, can you elaborate on what is considered 'acceptable proof' to the satisfaction of "His Majesty that he has maintained substantial connection with this country during that period", please?
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