NEW DELHI: A person born outside India on or after January 26,1950, will be treated as an Indian citizen by descend if either of his parents was a citizen of India at the time of birth,
A bill seeking to amend the citizenship act, 1955, to put an end to the discrimination being meted out to women was introduced in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliamentary) by minister of state for home in MM Jacob Friday.
So far, under section 4 (1) of the citizenship act, a person born outside the country on or after January 26,1950, became citizen by descent if the father was an Indian citizen at the time of the birth.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 20, 1992
