Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution

 

                                                                 CITIZENSHIP

                                       Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution

 

At the commoncement of this Constitution, every person who has his domicile in the territory of India.

(a) Who has born in the territory of India;

(b) Either of whose parents was born in the territory of India;

(c) Who has been ordinarilyresident in the territory of India for not less than five years immediately preceding such commencement,  shall be citizen of India.

 

 

Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan

 

anything in article 5, a person who has migrated to the territory of India from territory now included in Pakistan shall be deemed to be a citizen of India  at the commencement of this constitution if-

(a) He or either of his parents or any of his grand-parents was born in India as defined in the government of India Act, 1935.

(b) (1) in the case where such person has so migrated before the nineteenth day of july, 1948 he has been ordinarily resident in the territory of India since the date of his migration,

(2) in the case where such person has so migrated  on or after the nineteenth day of july, 1948, he has been registerd as a citizen of India by an officer appointed in that behalf b ythe government  of the Dominion of India of India on an application made by him therefore to such officer before the commencement  of this constitution in the form and manner prescribed by that Government ; Provided that no person shall be so registered unless  he has been resident in the territory of India for at least six months immediately preceding the date of his application.

 

Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan

Notwithstanding anything in articles 5 and 6 , a person who has after the after yhe first day of March, 1947, migrated from the territory of india to the territory now included in Pakistan shall not be deemed to be a citizen to be a citizen of india;

                   Provided that nothing in this article shall apply to a person who, after having so migrated to the territory now included  in pakistan ,has returned to the territory of India under a permit for resettlement or permanent return issued by or under the authority of any law and every such person shall for the purpose of caluse of article 6 bedeemed to have migrated to the territory of India after the nineteenth day of july 1948.

 

Person voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a forgien State not to be citizen s

 

No person shall be a citizen of India  by virtue of article 5, or be deemed to be a citizen of india by virtue of article 6 or 8, if he has volutainarily acquired the citizenship of any foreign State.

 

                    Continuance of the rights of citizenship

 

Every person who is or deemed to be a citizen of India under any of the foregoing provision of this part shall subject to the provision of any law that may be made by parliament, continue to be such citizen.

 

           Parliament to regulate the right of cirtizenship by law

 

Nothing in the foregoing provision of this part shall the deroget from the power of parliament to make any provision with respect to the acquisition  and termination of citizenship and all other matters relating to citizenship.