Citizenship Law.

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Palestine. – in the House of Commons at on 6 September 1939.

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Mr. M. MacDonald:

This change was made in order to check the widespread practice of male Palestinian citizens contracting "marriages of convenience" with alien women, whom they divorce shortly after their arrival in Palestine. The practice aimed at introducing these people into Palestine in excess of the authorised immigration quotas.