Full physical source page · unreviewed extraction

The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 35

The Constitution of India in English 2026, India Code delivered snapshot ed1820c0a1100c2c, physical page 35, typed edition 223d395df4de00897c78a4c0a752b32348d86f7c4f7013254fd4e03da46ceca0. Unreviewed extraction.

Source: official India Code PDF · catalog record. Fetched 2026-10-19T23:32:36Z. SHA-256 ed1820c0a1100c2c6aa8ece835a8c8a60f996ae7eba30cc1798233683c66cfba.

Legal currency, territorial applicability and extraction fidelity are unverified. Catalog checksum/size differs from the delivered PDF; both identities are retained. Articles, Schedule/appendix material and source footnotes share these physical pages. Compare the full original image.

Source cover/preface date: 10th September, 2026. Preface amendment statement: Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Embedded PDF title: Constitution of India_ 20 MAY 2026 (final).pdf. These are distinct source labels, not currentness or commencement approval.

Retained layout text

                                       PART II
                                     CITIZENSHIP
         5. Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution.—At the
commencement of this Constitution, every person who has his domicile in the
territory of India and—
                (a) who was born in the territory of India; or
                (b) either of whose parents was born in the territory of India; or
                (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory of India for
        not less than five years immediately preceding such commencement,
shall be a citizen of India.                          e
                                                 od
        6. Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to
India from Pakistan.—Notwithstanding anything in article 5, a person who
                                             aC
has migrated to the territory of India from the territory now included in
                                         di
Pakistan shall be deemed to be a citizen of India at the commencement of this
Constitution if—                     In
                (a) he or either of his parents or any of his grand-parents was born
        in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally
        enacted); and
                (b)(i) in the case where such person has so migrated before the
        nineteenth day of July, 1948, he has been ordinarily resident in the
        territory of India since the date of his migration, or
                (ii) in the case where such person has so migrated on or after the
        nineteenth day of July, 1948, he has been registered as a citizen of India
        by an officer appointed in that behalf by the Government of the
        Dominion of India on an application made by him therefor to such
        officer before the commencement of this Constitution in the form and
        manner prescribed by that Government:
        Provided that no person shall be so registered unless he has been resident
in the territory of India for at least six months immediately preceding the date
of his application.
         7. Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan.—
Notwithstanding anything in articles 5 and 6, a person who has after the first
day of March, 1947, migrated from the territory of India to the territory now
included in Pakistan shall not be deemed to be a citizen of India:

                                         4

Compare original page image