1955 indian citizenship act presentation
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1. Those children who are born in India or outside India having Indian parents. This is called citizenship by birth.
2. Those persons who had been living in India for five years before 26th January 1950.
3. Those who migrated to India from Pakistan before 19th July, 1948 with the intention of permanently settling in India after fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 6 of the Indian constitution.
4. Who acquired citizenship through naturalization. It means that an alien or foreigner can become a citizen of India by applying to the government of India on the basis of fulfilling certain conditions and the government has granted citizenship to such a person. Such conditions are related to stay, employment and marriage. Such citizenship can be granted to a person who has been living for a period of more than five years, knows one of the Indian languages and gives up the previous citizenship of the country to which he/she originally belongs.
In short, we can say that there are two types of citizenships : citizenship by birth and citizenship by naturalization or law.
The Citizenship Act, 1955 also mentions the conditions under which an Indian citizen can lose the citizenship of India. A person can lose Indian citizenship if he/she -
1. acquires the citizenship of another country. shows disloyalty in the constitution of India.
2. remains continuously absent from the country for a period of seven years without
3. informing the competent authority.
