Federal Constitution NOTES Art. 14—(cont.) (4) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of Clause (2) a person shall be treated as having been at any time a permanent resident in the Federation if, but only if, he was then resident in the Federation and either— (a) he then had permission, granted without limit of time under any federal law, to reside there; or (b) it is certified by the Federal Government that he is to be treated for the purposes of the said paragraph (c) as a permanent resident in the Federation. (5) A certificate of the Federal Government that a person is or was excluded from the application of paragraph (c) of Clause (2) by paragraph (ii) of the proviso to that Clause shall be conclusive evidence of the matter certified.”. Art. 15 1. The present Article was inserted by Act 26/1963, section 25, in force from 16-09-1963. Act 59/1966, section 2, in force from 09-08-1965, amended it— a. by repealing Clause (6) which read as follows: “(6) In Clause (1) the words “outside Singapore” shall not have effect in the case of a woman whose husband is a citizen by naturalization under Clause (2) of Article 19.”; b. by deleting the references to Singapore and Singapore citizens in Clauses (1) to (5). Clause (1) Clause (3) 2. The original Article as it stood on Merdeka Day read as follows: See Art. 24(4), 26(2), 28(1)(b) & 28a(3). See Second Schedule, Part III, section 18. “15. (1) Subject to Article 18, any woman who is married to a citizen is entitled, upon making application to the registration authority, to be registered as a citizen. (2) Subject to Article 18, any person under the age of twenty-one years whose father is a citizen or, if deceased, was a citizen at the time of his death, is entitled, upon application made to the registration authority by his parent or guardian, to be registered as a citizen if that authority is satisfied that he is ordinarily resident in the Federation and is of good character. (3) The reference in this Article to a woman who is married is a reference to a woman whose marriage has been registered in accordance with any written law in force in the Federation, including any such law in force before Merdeka Day.”. 3. Clauses (1) and (2) amended by Act 10/1960, section 2, in force from 01-12-1960, by substituting “Federal Government” for “registration authority” and “the Federal Government” for “that authority”. These two Clauses as substituted by Act 14/1962, section 3, in force from 01-10-1962, read as follows: “15. (1) Subject to Article 18, any woman who is married to a citizen is entitled, upon making application to the Federal Government, to be registered as a citizen if she satisfies the Federal Government— (a) that she has resided continuously in the Federation for a period of not less than two years immediately preceding the date of the application; (b) that she intends to reside permanently therein; and (c) that she is of good character. (2) Subject to Article 18, the Federal Government may cause any person under the age of twenty-one years, being the child of any citizen, to be registered as a citizen upon application made to the Federal Government by his parent or guardian.”.