The Constitution of India
Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India
Status: in_forceRetrieved: 2026-08-17T20:46:45.430421+00:00Release: constitutions-global-20260821-v2
Notwithstanding anything in article 5, any person who or either of whose parents or any of whose
grand-parents was born in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally
enacted), and who is ordinarily residing in any country outside India as so defined shall be deemed
to be a citizen of India if he has been registered as a citizen of India by the diplomatic or consular
representative of India in the country where he is for the time being residing on an application made
by him therefor to such diplomatic or consular representative, whether before or after the
commencement of this Constitution, in the form and manner prescribed by the Government of the
Dominion of India or the Government of India.
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Provenance
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