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Answer:
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, there are four ways in which Indian citizenship can be acquired: birth, descent, registration and naturalization . The provisions are listed under sections 3, 4, 5(1) and 5(4) of the Citizenship Act, 1955.
By birth:
1. Every person born in India on or after 26.01.1950 but before 01.07.1987 is an Indian citizen irrespective of the nationality of his/her parents.
2. Every person born in India between 01.07.1987 and 02.12.2004 is a citizen of India given either of his/her parents is a citizen of the country at the time of his/her birth.
3. Every person born in India on or after 3.12.2004 is a citizen of the country given both his/her parents are Indians or at least one parent is a citizen and the other is not an illegal migrant at the time of birth.
By registration:
Citizenship can also be acquired by registration. Some of the mandatory rules are:
1. A person of Indian origin who has been a resident of India for 7 years before applying for registration.
2. A person of Indian origin who is a resident of any country outside undivided India.
3. A person who is married to an Indian citizen and is ordinarily resident for 7 years before applying for registration.
4. Minor children of persons who are citizens of India.
By descent:
1. A person born outside India on or after January 26, 1950 is a citizen of India by descent if his/her father was a citizen of India by birth.
2. A person born outside India on or after December 10, 1992, but before December 3, 2004 if either of his/her parent was a citizen of India by birth.
3. If a person born outside India or or after December 3, 2004 has to acquire citizenship, his/her parents have to declare that the minor does not hold the passport of another country and his/her birth is registered at an Indian consulate within one year of birth.
By naturalization:
A person can acquire citizenship by naturalization if he/she is ordinarily resident of India for 12 years (throughout 12 months preceding the date of application and 11 years in the aggregate) and full fills all qualifications in the third schedule of the Citizenship Act.
Q. Can an Indian citizen hold dual citizenship? How?
A: The amended Citizenship Act of 1955 does not provide for dual citizenship or dual nationality. It only allows citizenship for a person listed under the provisions above : by birth, descent, registration or naturalization.
Answer:
The conferment of a person as a citizen of India is governed by the Part II of the Constitution of India (Articles 5 to 11). According to Article 5, all the people that were resident in India at the commencement of the Constitution were citizens of India as well as people born in India. The President of India is termed the First Citizen of India.
The Citizenship Act, 1955
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Parliament of India
Long title
An Act to provide for acquisition and determination of Indian citizenship.
Citation
Act No 57 of 1955
Enacted by
Parliament of India
Assented to
30 December 1955