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THE CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019 - AS PASSED BY LOK SABHA
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....HE CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019 - AS PASSED BY LOK SABHA <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 10-12-2019<br><BR>============= Document 1 AS PASSED BY LOK SABHA ON 10.12.2019 Bill No. 370-C of 2019 follows:- THE CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019 A BILL further to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as 1. (1) T....
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....his Act may be called the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification 5 in the Official Gazette, appoint. Short title and commencement. Amendment of section 2. Insertion of new section 6B. Special provisions as to citizenship of person covered by proviso to clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2. ....
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....Amendment of section 7D. Amendment of section 18. 2 2. In the Citizenship Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2, 57 of 1955. in sub-section (1), in clause (b), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:― "Provided that any person belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan, who....
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.... entered into India on or before the 31st day of December, 2014 and who has been exempted by the 5 Central Government by or under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 or from the application of the provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946 or any rule or order made thereunder, shall not be treated as illegal migrant for the purposes of this Act;....
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....". 34 of 1920. 31 of 1946. 3. After section 6A of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, 10 namely:― '6B. (1) The Central Government or an authority specified by it in this behalf may, subject to such conditions, restrictions and manner as may be prescribed, on an application made in this behalf, grant a certificate of registration or certificate of naturalisati....
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....on to a person referred to in the proviso to clause (b) of sub-section (1) of 15 section 2. (2) Subject to fulfilment of the conditions specified in section 5 or the qualifications for naturalisation under the provisions of the Third Schedule, a person granted the certificate of registration or certificate of naturalisation under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a citizen of India from t....
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....he date of his entry into 20 India. (3) On and from the date of commencement of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, any proceeding pending against a person under this section in respect of illegal migration or citizenship shall stand abated on conferment of citizenship to him: Provided that such person shall not be disqualified for making application for 25 citizenship under this section ....
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....on the ground that the proceeding is pending against him and the Central Government or authority specified by it in this behalf shall not reject his application on that ground if he is otherwise found qualified for grant of citizenship under this section: Provided further that the person who makes the application for citizenship 30 under this section shall not be deprived of his rights and pr....
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....ivileges to which he was entitled on the date of receipt of his application on the ground of making such application. (4) Nothing in this section shall apply to tribal area of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram or Tripura as included in the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution and the 35 area covered under "The Inner Line" notified under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873.. 4. In section 7D ....
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....of the principal Act,― (i) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:― Reg. 5 of 1873. "(da) the Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder has violated any of the 40 provisions of this Act or provisions of any other law for time being in force as may be specified by the Central Government in the notification published in the Official Gazette; or". (ii) after ....
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....clause (f), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— "Provided that no order under this section shall be passed unless the 45 Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.". 5. In section 18 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), after clause (ee), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(eei) the conditions, restric....
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....tions and manner for granting certificate of 50 registration or certificate of naturalisation under sub-section (1) of section 6B;". 3 5 6. In the Third Schedule to the principal Act, in clause (d), the following proviso shall Amendment be inserted, namely:― 'Provided that for the person belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community in Afghanistan, Bangladesh....
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.... or Pakistan, the aggregate period of residence or service of Government in India as required under this clause shall be read as "not less than five years" in place of "not less than eleven years".". of Third Schedule. LOK SABHA A BILL further to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955. (As passed by Lok Sabha) MGIPMRND-4256LS(S3)-09-12-2019.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....