What are the residency requirements for naturalization in Bangladesh?
What is the naturalisation Act of 1926 Bangladesh?
3. (1) The Government may grant a certificate of naturalization to any person who makes an application in this
 
 
behalf and satisfies the Government-
 
 
(a) that he is not a minor;
 
 
(b) that he is neither a citizen of Bangladesh nor a subject of any state of which a citizen of Bangladesh is prevented by or under any law from becoming a subject by naturalization;
 
 
(c) that he has resided in Bangladesh throughout the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of the application, and has, during the seven years immediately preceding the said period of twelve months, resided in Bangladesh for a period amounting in the aggregate to not less than four years;
 
 
(d) that he is of good character;
 
 
(e) that he has an adequate knowledge of 2[Bengali]; and
 
 
(f) that he intends, if the application is granted, to reside in Bangladesh or to enter or to continue in the service of the 3[Republic] in Bangladesh:
 
 
Provided that nothing in clause (c) or clause (f) shall apply in the case of a woman who was a citizen of Bangladesh previously to her marriage to a person not citizen of Bangladesh and whose husband has died or whose marriage has been dissolved.
 
 
(2) [Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).]