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Saturday, May 25, 2019

Citizenship of India under the Citizenship Act of 1955



Indian citizenship can be acquired by birth, descent, registration and naturalization. The conditions and procedure for acquisition of Indian citizenship as per the provision of the Citizenship Act, 1955 are given below:


•By Birth: When a person is born in India, he is considered as citizen of India, subject to conditions under the said act.

•By Descent: When a person is born outside India, but his parents are citizens of India, then that person is considered as a citizen of India, subject to conditions under the said act.

•By Registration: Indian Citizenship by registration can be acquired by any person (not illegal migrant), subject to conditions under the said act.

•By Naturalization: The Central Government may grant a certificate of naturalization to any person (not illegal migration), subject to certain qualifications like adequate knowledge of a language specified in Eight Schedule of India, renounce his previous citizenship etc

•By Incorporation of Territory: Like, when Pondicherry became a part of India, the Government of India issued the Citizenship (Pondicherry) Order, 1960 under Citizenship Act, 1955. People residing in Pondicherry became citizens of India.


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