 In 1881, the "Code de l'Indigénat" made the discrimination official by creating specific penalties for "indigènes" and organizing the seizure or appropriation of their lands.After World War II, equality of rights was proclaimed by the "Ordonnance" of 7 March 1944, and later confirmed by the "Loi Lamine Guèye" of 7 May 1946, which granted French citizenship to all the subjects of France's territories and overseas departments, and by the 1946 Constitution.The Law of 20 September 1947 granted French citizenship to all Algerian subjects, who were not required to renounce their Muslim personal status.