Voluntarily acquiring foreign citizenship bars recognition as Indian citizen under birth, domicile, and residence citizenship rules. A person who voluntarily acquires the citizenship of any foreign State is excluded from being an Indian citizen by operation of the constitutional provisions that confer or deem citizenship based on birth, domicile, or residence; voluntary foreign citizenship disqualifies recognition under those citizenship predicates.
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Voluntarily acquiring foreign citizenship bars recognition as Indian citizen under birth, domicile, and residence citizenship rules.
A person who voluntarily acquires the citizenship of any foreign State is excluded from being an Indian citizen by operation of the constitutional provisions that confer or deem citizenship based on birth, domicile, or residence; voluntary foreign citizenship disqualifies recognition under those citizenship predicates.
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