Indian Constitution - part4 (Acquiring Citizenship)

The citizenship can be acquired by birth, by descent or by naturalization. Except in the case of children born in India to foreign diplomats accredited to this country or to enemy aliens, every person born in India on or after the 26th of January, 1950, is a citizen of India by birth.

A person born outside India on or after the 26th of January, 1950, is a citizen of  India by descent if his or her father happened to be citizen of India at the time of his or her birth. Citizenship can be acquired by naturalisation by persons of Indian origin ordinarily living outside India and Pakistan, by women married to citizens of India, by persons belonging to other countries who fulfil certain conditions laid down in citizenship Act of 1955.

single citizenship

Indian Constitution - part3 (Single Citizenship)

Single Citizenship:
The Indian Constitution provides for a single and uniform citizenship i.e., a person in any state in India does not need to acquire separate citizenship of the Union in addition. A citizen of India cannot acquire citizenship of any foreign country simultaneously and also a person of Indian origin who voluntarily acquires the citizenship of any foreign State is not entitled to Indian citizenship.

An Indian citizen is not entitled to vote if he is less than 18 years of age on a fixed date and/ or is otherwise disqualified under the Constitution or any law of the appropriate Legislature on the ground of non-residence, unsoundness of mind, crimeor corrupt or illegal practice.

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