Part II · CITIZENSHIP
Article 8 Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India.
In force
This article covered people of Indian origin living abroad. It applied where the person, or a parent or grandparent, was born in India as then defined. The person also had to be living outside India. Such a person could become a citizen by registration. The registration was done by an Indian diplomatic or consular representative.
- 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of whose parents or any of whose grand-parents was born in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally enacted), and who is ordinarily residing in any country outside India as so defined shall be deemed to be a citizen of India if he has been registered as a citizen of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.
What it means
Plain words summary of the article above. Not legal advice.
This article covered people of Indian origin living abroad. It applied where the person, or a parent or grandparent, was born in India as then defined. The person also had to be living outside India. Such a person could become a citizen by registration. The registration was done by an Indian diplomatic or consular representative.