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48 U.S.C. § 733b — Omitted
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Prior to the enactment of the Nationality Act of 1940, act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, 54 Stat. 1137, this section, act Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 5b, as added June 27, 1934, ch. 845, 48 Stat. 1245, provided as follows: “All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899 (whether before or after June 27, 1934) and not citizens, subjects, or nationals of any foreign power, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, That this section shall not be construed as depriving any person, native of Puerto Rico, of his or her American citizenship heretofore otherwise lawfully acquired by such person; or to extend such citizenship to persons who shall have renounced or lost it under the treaties and/or laws of the United States or who are now residing permanently abroad and are citizens or subjects of a foreign country: And provided further, That any woman, native of Puerto Rico and permanently residing therein, who, prior to March 2, 1917, had lost her American nationality by reason of her marriage to an alien eligible to citizenship, or by reason of the loss of the United States citizenship by her husband, may be naturalized under the provisions of [section 369 of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section369&num=0&edition=prelim).”
The second proviso thereof was repealed by section 504 of the Nationality Act of 1940. Provisions relating to citizenship of persons born in Puerto Rico, are contained in [section 1402 of Title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1402&num=0&edition=prelim), Aliens and Nationality.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Prior to the enactment of the Nationality Act of 1940, act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, 54 Stat. 1137, this section, act Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 5b, as added June 27, 1934, ch. 845, 48 Stat. 1245, provided as follows: “All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899 (whether before or after June 27, 1934) and not citizens, subjects, or nationals of any foreign power, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, That this section shall not be construed as depriving any person, native of Puerto Rico, of his or her American citizenship heretofore otherwise lawfully acquired by such person; or to extend such citizenship to persons who shall have renounced or lost it under the treaties and/or laws of the United States or who are now residing permanently abroad and are citizens or subjects of a foreign country: And provided further, That any woman, native of Puerto Rico and permanently residing therein, who, prior to March 2, 1917, had lost her American nationality by reason of her marriage to an alien eligible to citizenship, or by reason of the loss of the United States citizenship by her husband, may be naturalized under the provisions of [section 369 of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section369&num=0&edition=prelim).”
The second proviso thereof was repealed by section 504 of the Nationality Act of 1940. Provisions relating to citizenship of persons born in Puerto Rico, are contained in [section 1402 of Title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1402&num=0&edition=prelim), Aliens and Nationality.
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All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899, and prior to January 13, 1941, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, residing on January 13, 1941, in Puerto Rico or other territory over which the United States exercises rights of sovereignty and not citizens of the United States under any other Act, are declared to be citizens of the United States as of January 13, 1941. All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after January 13, 1941, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are citizens of the United States at birth.
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TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
§ 734
§ 732. Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 5(2), 64
Stat. 320
Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 4, 39 Stat. 953; May
17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158, designated San Juan as the
capital of Puerto Rico. Section 6 of act Apr. 12, 1900, ch.
191, 31 Stat. 79, formerly cited as a credit to this sec-
tion, was not repealed by act July 3, 1950.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Act July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 5, 64 Stat. 320, provided that
the repeal of this section and sections 735, 750, 753, 754,
771–793, 793b, 796–799, 811–820, 822, 823, 824–844, 861, and
873 of this title and the amendment of sections 737 and
752 of this title were to be effective at such time as the
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico be-
came effective. Under section 731d of this title, that
Constitution, upon approval by the Congress of the
United States, ‘‘shall become effective in accordance
with its terms’’. Congress, by act July 3, 1952, ch. 567,
66 Stat. 327, approved, with certain conditions, that
Constitution; the approving act further provided that
the Constitution, as so approved, ‘‘shall become effec-
tive when the Constitutional Convention of Puerto
Rico shall have declared in a formal resolution its ac-
ceptance in the name of Puerto Rico of the conditions
of approval herein contained, and when the Governor of
Puerto Rico, being duly notified by the proper officials
of the Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico that
such resolution of acceptance has been formally adopt-
ed, shall issue a proclamation to that effect’’. The Con-
stitution was proclaimed by the Governor of Puerto
Rico on July 25, 1952, and became effective on that
date.
§ 733. Citizens; former Spanis
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