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Minister shall not defer consideration of an application made under section 13 for a period that exceeds, or for periods that, in the aggregate, exceed, 12 months.
"(3) Where, in accordance with sub-section (1), the Minister decides to defer consideration of an application until the expiration of a period—
    (a) if the applicant is present in Australia, the Minister shall cause to be served on the applicant, either personally or by post, a notice in writing setting out that decision; and
    (b) section 13 and sub-section (1) of this section apply in relation to the application as if it had been furnished immediately before the expiration of that period.
"(4) Nothing in this section prevents—
    (a) an applicant under section 13 from withdrawing his application; or
    (b) a person whose application under section 13 has been refused from making a further application or applications under that section.".

Effect of grant of certificate of Australian citizenship
12. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended—
    (a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) "sub-section (2) of section 14" and substituting "sub-section 13 (2)";
    (b) by omitting from sub-section (3) "sub-section (8) of section 14" and substituting "sub-section 13 (9)";
    (c) by omitting from sub-section (3) "paragraph (d) of that sub-section" and substituting "sub-paragraph 13 (9) (d) (ii)"; and
    (d) by omitting from sub-section (4) "sub-section (9) of section 14" and substituting "sub-section 13 (10)".
13. Section 17 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

Loss of citizenship on acquisition of another nationality
"17. (1) A person, being an Australian citizen who has attained the age of 18 years, who does any act or thing—
    (a) the sole or dominant purpose of which; and
    (b) the effect of which,
is to acquire the nationality or citizenship of a foreign country, shall, upon that acquisition, cease to be an Australian citizen.
"(2) Sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to an act of marriage.".

Renunciation of citizenship
14. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—
    (a) by omitting sub-sections (1), (1a), (2), (3) and (3a) and substituting the following sub-section:

         "(1) Where a person is an Australian citizen and—
         (a) has attained the age of 18 years and is a national or citizen of a foreign country; or
         (b) was born, or is ordinarily resident, in a foreign country and is not entitled, under the law of that country, to acquire the nationality or citizenship of that country by reason that the person is an Australian citizen,
    the person may lodge with the Minister a declaration in the prescribed form renouncing his Australian citizenship.";
    (b) by omitting from sub-section (4) "the next two succeeding sub-sections" and substituting "sub-sections