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भाग II — खण्ड 1
PART II — Section 1
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 10th March, 2015, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015
No. 1 of 2015
An Act further to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Short title and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2015.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 6th day of January, 2015.
Amendment of section 2.
2. In the Citizenship Act, 195557 of 1955. (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2, in sub-section (1), for clause (ee), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
- ‘(ee) “Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder” means a person registered as an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder by the Central Government under section 7A;’.
Amendment of section 5. 3. In the principal Act, in section 5,—
- (i) in sub-section (1),—
- (a) in clause (f), for the words “has been residing in India for one year”, the words “is ordinarily resident in India for twelve months” shall be substituted;
