The Constitution of India
Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan
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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 shall not be deemed to be a citizen
of India:
Provided that nothing in this article shall apply to a person who, after having so
migrated to the territory now included in Pakistan, has returned to the territory of India under
a permit for resettlement or permanent return issued by or under the authority of any law and
every such person shall for the purposes of clause (b) of article 6 be deemed to have
migrated to the territory of India after the nineteenth day of July, 1948.
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4 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part II. — Citizenship.)
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