Citizenship Act, 1955

[Act No. 57 of Year 1955 dated 30th. December, 1955] An Act to provide for the acquisition and determination of Indian citizenship Comment: From the resume of the aforementioned provisions of the Constitution and the Citizenship Act, it becomes clear that whenever any authority is called upon to decide even for the limited purpose of another law, whether a person is or is not a citizen of India, the authority must carefully examine the question and the provisions of the Citizenship Act extracted hereinbefore. Lal Babu Hussain and others, Petitioners v. Electoral Registration Officer, AIR 1995 SUPREME COURT 1189 Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows: