The legal regime grants original citizenship to children whose parents are unknown or stateless, or of unknown nationality, providing those children were born in Timor-Leste. Children who at age of majority (17 years) declare their will to become citizens of Timor-Leste are also deemed citizens of the State.
377- وتؤكد المادة 17 من الدستور على المساواة في الحقوق والالتزامات بين النساء والرجال في جميع مجالات الحياة الأسرية، والسياسية، والاقتصادية، والاجتماعية، والثقافية.