अनुच्छेद 6

Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan

भाग 2: नागरिकता

यह विधायी विभाग (विधि और न्याय मंत्रालय) का आधिकारिक अंग्रेज़ी पाठ है। आधिकारिक हिंदी पाठ जल्द जोड़ा जाएगा। अनुच्छेद का शीर्षक भी अभी आधिकारिक अंग्रेज़ी में है।

Notwithstanding anything in article 5, a person who has migrated to the territory of India from the territory now included in Pakistan shall be deemed to be a citizen of India at the commencement of this Constitution if—

(a) he or either of his parents or any of his grand-parents was born in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally enacted); and (b)(i) in the case where such person has so migrated before the nineteenth day of July, 1948, he has been ordinarily resident in the territory of India since the date of his migration, or

(ii) in the case where such person has so migrated on or after the nineteenth day of July, 1948, he has been registered as a citizen of India by an officer appointed in that behalf by the Government of the Dominion of India on an application made by him therefor to such officer before the commencement of this Constitution in the form and manner prescribed by that Government:

Provided that no person shall be so registered unless he has been resident in the territory of India for at least six months immediately preceding the date of his application.

भारत का संविधान (1 मई 2026 तक के संशोधनों सहित). संविधान (एक सौ छठा संशोधन) अधिनियम, 2023 तक के सभी संशोधन शामिल। पाठ में छोटे नंबर नीचे के संशोधन नोट बताते हैं।

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