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4. Loss of Citizenship

Termination of Citizenship is covered in Section 9 of the Citizenship Act, 1955. It prescribes three ways in which a person may lose his citizenship, whether acquired under this Act or prior to it under the Constitution of India.

 

4.1. Renunciation of Citizenship (Section 8)4.2. Termination of Citizenship (Section 9)4.3. Deprivation of Citizenship (Section 10)