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2. Constitutional Provisions

The provisions relating to the Citizenship have been dealt in Part II of the Constitution of India under Articles 5 to 11. However, these provisions do not contain either any permanent or any elaborate provisions towards Citizenship. It only identifies the persons who became citizens of India at its commencement (i.e., on January 26, 1950). They can be seen as follows-

 

2.1. Article 5- Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution2.2. Article 6- Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan2.3. Article 7- Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan2.4. Article 8- Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India2.5. Article 9- Persons voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign state not to be citizens2.6. Article 10- Continuance of the rights of citizenship2.7. Article 11- Parliament to regulate the right of citizenship by law