2.2. Article 6- Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan

Notwithstanding anything in Article 5, a person who has migrated to the territory of India from the territory now included in Pakistan shall be deemed to be a citizen of India at the commencement of the Constitution of India, if he or either of his parents or any of his grandparents were born in undivided India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935.

Apart from this, he should fulfil any of the following two conditions-

♤ If he migrated before 19th July, 1948- He should have been ordinarily resident in the territory of India since the date of his migration, or

♤ If he migrated after 19th July, 1948- He should have been registered as a citizen of India by the Government of India. However, a person shall be so registered only if he has been resident in the territory of India for at least six months immediately preceding the date of his application.