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other Contracting Party shall file a declaration to that effect with the Embassy of the latter Party. The time-limit for filing declarations of option shall be one year from the date of the entry into force of this Convention.

The declarations mentioned in article 2 above may be filed only by persons of full age. For the purpose of this Convention, "persons of full age" means persons who have attained the age of eighteen years or persons under the age of eighteen years who are married.

1. Persons under full age shall follow the citizenship of their parents, where both parents, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, have the same citizenship.

2. Where, in accordance with this Convention, one parent opts for the citizenship of one Contracting Party and the other for the citizenship of the other Contracting Party, the citizenship of their children under full age shall be determined by agreement between the parents and recorded in a declaration filed in accordance with article 2 of this Convention. In the absence of such agreement, the children shall retain the citizenship of the Contracting Party in whose territory they are resident at the time of the parent's option for citizenship.

Children whose parents reside separately shall retain the citizenship of the parent in whose custody they are, unless the parents agree otherwise.

3. Children under full age whose parents are dead or the whereabouts, of whose parents are unknown, shall retain the citizenship of the Contracting Party in whose territory they are resident on the date of the expiry of a period of one year from the date of the entry into force of this Convention.

1. Persons to whom article 1 of this Convention applies and whose declarations of option are accepted shall be regarded as the citizens solely of that Contracting Party whose citizenship they have chosen.

2. Where the Contracting Party deciding on the declaration does not grant the applicant the citizenship for which he opted, the applicant shall be regarded as having filed no declaration and his citizenship shall be determined in accordance with the provision of article 6 of this Convention.

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