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Title 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS > CHAPTER 4—PUERTO RICO > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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All citizens of the United States who have resided or who shall after March 4, 1927 , reside in the island for one year shall be citizens of Puerto Rico.

( Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 5a , as added Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 503, § 2 , 44 Stat. 1418 ; amended May 17, 1932, ch. 190 , 47 Stat. 158 .)

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