Provided, howeverNothing in this subchapter shall be applied in contravention of the provisions of any treaty or convention to which the United States is a party and which has been ratified by the Senate before : , That no woman who was a national of the United States shall be deemed to have lost her nationality solely by reason of her marriage to an alien on or after , or to an alien racially ineligible to citizenship on or after , or, in the case of a woman who was a United States citizen at birth, through residence abroad following such marriage, notwithstanding the provisions of any existing treaty or convention.
June 27, 1952, ch. 47766 Stat. 272Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(ii)102 Stat. 2622(, title III, ch. 3, § 357, ; , , .)
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Amendments
Pub. L. 100–5251988— substituted “before ” for “upon the effective date of this subchapter”.