The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip Annex III, Article 28

The clause in the Oslo Accords dealing with population registry. Among other things, it states that administration of the population registry in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will be transferred from the Military Government to the Palestinian Authority. On the matter of family unification, it was agreed that the Palestinian side may, with prior approval by Israel, grant permanent residency in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to spouses and children of Palestinian residents. On the subject of child registration, it was decided that "The Palestinian side shall have the right to register in the population registry all persons who were born abroad or in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, if under the age of sixteen years and either of their parents is a resident of the Gaza Strip and West Bank."