Question

write a short note on the citizen amendment act ,2003

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The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003THE CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003

NO. 6 OF 2004 [ 7th January, 2004.]

An Act further to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty- fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-





1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 .(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision.2. Amendment of section 2.- In section 2 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955 ) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub- section 1,-(i) for clauses (b) and (c) and the proviso to clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-' (b)" illegal migrant" means a foreigner who has entered into India-(i) without a valid passport or other travel documents and such other document or authority as may be prescribed by or under any law in that behalf; or(ii) with a valid passport or other travel documents and such other document or authority as may be prescribed by or under any law in that behalf but remains therein beyond the permitted period of time;';(ii) after clause (e), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-' (ee)" overseas citizen of India" means a person who-(i) is of Indian origin being a citizen of a specified country, or(ii) was a citizen of India immediately before becoming a citizen of a specified country, and is registered as an overseas citizen of India by the Central Government under sub- section (1) of section 7A;';(iii) after clause (g), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-' (gg)" specified country" means a country specified in the Fourth Schedule: Provided that the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the said Schedule by way of addition or omission of any entry therein: Provided further that every notification issued under this clause shall, as soon as may be, after it is made, be laid before each House of Parliament;'.3. Substitution of new section for section 3.- For section 3 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- Citizenship by birth." 3. Citizenship by birth.- (1) Except as provided in sub- section (2), every person born in India-(a) on or after the 26th day of January, 1950 , but before the 1st day of July, 1987 ;(b) on or after the 1st day of July, 1987 , but before the commencement of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 and either of whose parents is a citizen of India at the time of his birth;(c) on or after the commencement of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 , e Constitution or of any other provision of this Act if he belongs to any of the following categories, namely:-