Constitution of India, 1949
8. Rights of citizenship of certain persons of
India origin residing outside India.-
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as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally enacted), and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 therefore 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.