Citizenship Act, 1955 |
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Section 1 Short title |
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Section 2 Interpretation |
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Acquisition of Citizenship |
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Section 3 Citizenship by birth |
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Section 4 Citizenship by descent |
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Section 5 Citizenship by registration |
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Section 6 Citizenship by naturalisation |
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Section 6A. Special provisions as to citizenship of persons covered by the Assam Accord |
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Section 6B. Special provisions as to citizenship of person covered by proviso to clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 |
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Section 7 Citizenship by incorporation of territory |
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Overseas Citizenship |
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Section 7A. Registration of Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder |
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Section 7B. Conferment of rights on Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder |
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Section 7C. Renunciation of Overseas Citizen of India Card |
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Section 7D. Cancellation of registration as Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder |
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Termination of Citizenship |
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Section 8 Renunciation of citizenship |
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Section 9 Termination of citizenship |
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Section 10 Deprivation of citizenship |
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Supplemental |
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Section 11 [* * * * *] |
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Section 12 [* * * * *] |
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Section 13 Certificate of citizenship in case of doubt |
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Section 14 Disposal of application under sections 5, 6 and 7A |
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Section 14A. Issue of national identity cards |
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Section 15 Revision |
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Section 15A. Review |
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Section 16 Delegation of powers |
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Section 17 Offences |
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Section 18 Power to make rules |
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Section 19 Repeals |
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Schedule I |
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Schedule II : Oath of Allegiance |
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Schedule III : Qualifications for Naturalisation |
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Schedule IV |
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Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003 |
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Rule 1 Short title and commencement |
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Rule 2 Definitions |
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Rule 3 National Register of Indian Citizens |
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Rule 4 Preparation of the National Register of Indian Citizens |
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Rule 5 Officials of the Central Government, State Governments and local bodies to assist the Registrar General of Citizen Registration |
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Rule 6 Initialization of National Register of Indian Citizens |
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Rule 7 Head of family and individual to act as informant |
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Rule 8 Power of District Registrar, Sub-district or Taluk Registrar or Local Registrar of Citizen Registration to obtain information |
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Rule 9 Procedure as to making of entries in National Register of Indian Citizens |
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Rule 10 Deletion of name and particulars from National Register of Indian Citizens |
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Rule 11 Maintenance and updating of National Register of Indian Citizens |
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Rule 12 Modification of entries in National Register of Indian Citizens |
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Rule 13 Issue of National Identity Cards |
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Rule 14 National Identity Cards to be Government property and responsibility of Citizens to keep them properly |
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Rule 15 Designation of National Registration Authority and officers |
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Rule 16 Supervision and Control of Registrar General of Citizen Registration over District, Sub-district or Taluk and Local Registrars of Citizen Registration |
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Rule 17 Penal consequences in certain cases |
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Rule 18 Guidelines for collection of particulars of individuals, verification, issue of National Identity Cards, etc. |
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Schedule : Special Provision as to Manner of Preparation of National Register of Indian Citizen in State of Assam |
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1 Definition |
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2 Manner of preparation of draft National Register of Indian Citizen in State of Assam |
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3 Scrutiny of applications |
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4 Publication of consolidated list |
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5 Publication of additional list |
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6 Claims and objection |
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7 Publication of supplementary list |
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8 Appeal |
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