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Citizenship Act, 1955

3. Citizenship by birth

1 [(1) Except as provided in sub-section (2), every person born in India ,-

(a) on or after the 26th day of January, 1950, but before the commencement of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1986;

(b) on or after such commencement and either of whose parents is a citizen of India at the time of his birth, shall be a citizen of India by birth.]

(2) A person shall not be such a citizen by virtue of this section if at the time of his birth-

(a) his father possesses such immunity from suits and legal process as is accorded to an envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to the President of India and is not a citizen of India; or

(b) his father is an enemy alien and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by the enemy.









  

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