An Act to provide for the acquisition and determination of Indian citizenship.
The Citizenship Act, 1955 has 27 sections in 1 chapter, amended 14 times. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
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All sections of the Citizenship Act, 1955
- Section 1 – Short title
- Section 2 – Interpretation
- Section 3 – Citizenship by birth
- Section 4 – Citizenship by descent
- Section 5 – Citizenship by registration
- Section 6 – Citizenship by naturalisation
- Section 6A – Special provisions as to citizenship of persons covered by the Assam Accord
- Section 6B – Special provisions as to citizenship of person covered by proviso to clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2
- Section 7 – Citizenship by incorporation of territory
- Section 7A – Registration of Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder
- Section 7B – Conferment of rights on Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder
- Section 7C – Renunciation of Overseas Citizen of India Card
- Section 7D – Cancellation of registration as Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder
- Section 8 – Renunciation of citizenship
- Section 9 – Termination of citizenship
- Section 10 – Deprivation of citizenship
- Section 11 – Commonwealth citizenship (omitted/repealed)
- Section 12 – Power to confer rights of Indian citizen or citizens of certain countries (omitted/repealed)
- Section 13 – Certificate of Citizenship in case of doubt
- Section 14 – Disposal of application under sections 5, 6 and 7A
- Section 14A – Issue of national identity cards
- Section 15 – Revision
- Section 15A – Review
- Section 16 – Delegation of powers
- Section 17 – Offences
- Section 18 – Power to make rules
- Section 19 – [Repealed.] (omitted/repealed)