[Article 24] Federal Constitution 33 (3) (Repealed). (3a) Without prejudice to the generality of Clause (2), the exercise of a vote in any political election in a place outside the Federation shall be deemed to be the voluntary claim and exercise of a right available under the law of that place; and for the purposes of Clause (2), a person who, after such date as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may by order* appoint for the purposes of this Clause— (a) applies to the authorities of a place outside the Federation for the issue or renewal of a passport; or (b) uses a passport issued by such authorities as a travel document, shall be deemed voluntarily to claim and exercise a right available under the law of that place, being a right accorded exclusively to the citizens of that place. (4) If the Federal Government is satisfied that any woman who is a citizen by registration under Clause (1) of Article 15 has acquired the citizenship of any country outside the Federation by virtue of her marriage to a person who is not a citizen, the Federal Government may by order deprive her of her citizenship. Deprivation of citizenship by registration under Article 16a or 17 or by naturalization 25. (1) The Federal Government may by order deprive of his citizenship any person who is a citizen by registration under Article 16a or 17** or a citizen by naturalization if satisfied— (a) that he has shown himself by act or speech to be disloyal or disaffected towards the Federation; (b) that he has, during any war in which the Federation is or was engaged, unlawfully traded or communicated with an enemy or been engaged in or associated with any business which to his knowledge was carried on in such manner as to assist an enemy in that war; or (c) that he has, within the period of five years beginning with the date of the registration or the grant of the certificate, been sentenced in any country to imprisonment for a *October 10, 1963—see L.N. 268/1963. **NOTE—This Article has been repealed vide Constitution (Amendment) Act 1962 [Act No. 14 of 1962] w.e.f. 1 July 1963—see L.N. 105/1963. See also notes on Article 17.

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