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IND-1992-L-47675
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Title_of_text
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1992 (No. 39 of 1992).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
India
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions
Adopted on (Date of text)
1992-12-10
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Amends s. 4 of the Citizenship Act, 1955, providing that a person born after 26 January 1950 but before the commencement of the Act shall be a citizen of India if the father is Indian at the time of birth; after the commencement of the Act, the person shall be Indian if either of the parents is Indian. Also replaces references to "male persons" with "persons".
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1955-12-30 (IND-1955-L-99651)
Citizenship Act, 1955 (Act No. 57 of 1955).
Serial region
Serial title
Acts of Parliament, 1992
Page range
p. 280