Citizenship

• 5Citizenship at the commencement of the ConstitutionAt the commencement of this Constitution, every person who has his domicile in the territory of India and —                 (a) who was born in the territory of India; or      
• 6Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from PakistanNotwithstanding 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 t
• 7Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to PakistanNotwithstanding anything in articles 5 and 6, a person who has after the first day of March, 1947, migrated from the territory of India to the territory now included in Pakistan sh
• 8Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside IndiaNotwithstanding anything in article 5, any person who or either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents was born in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as
• 9Persons voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign State not to be citizensNo person shall be a citizen of India by virtue of article 5, or be deemed to be a citizen of India by virtue of article 6 or article 8, if he has voluntarily acquired the citizens
• 10Continuance of the rights of citizenshipEvery person who is or is deemed to be a citizen of India under any of the foregoing provisions of this Part shall, subject to the provisions of any law that may be made by Parliam
• 11Parliament to regulate the right of citizenship by lawNothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall derogate from the power of Parliament to make any provision with respect to the acquisition and termination of citizenship an