(1) Subject to this section the Minister may on an application and with the approval of the President grant the status of right of abode to any of the following persons:

(a) a Ghanaian by birth, adoption, registration or naturalisation within the meaning of the Citizenship Act who by reason of his acquisition of a foreign nationality has lost his Ghanaian citizenship; and

(b) a person of African descent in the Diaspora.

(2) A Ghanaian citizen to whom paragraph (a) of subsection (1) applies shall produce to the Minister such documentary and other evidence that the Minister may require testifying to the loss of his Ghanaian citizenship by reason of having acquired another citizenship.

(3) A person of African descent in the Diaspora qualifies to be considered for the status of a right of abode if he satisfies the Minister that he:

(a) is of good character as attested to by two Ghanaians who are notaries public, lawyers, senior public officers or other class of persons approved of by the Minister;

(b) has not been convicted of any criminal offence and been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of twelve months or more;

(c) is of independent means:

(d) is in the opinion of the Minister capable of making a substantial contribution to the development of Ghana; and

           (e) has attained the age of eighteen years.