(1) If any citizen of India of full age and capacity,1***, makes in the prescribed manner a declaration renouncing his Indian Citizenship, the declaration shall be registered by the prescribed authority; and, upon such registration, that person shall cease to be a citizen of India:
Provided that if any such declaration is made during any war in which India may be engaged, registration thereof shall be withheld until the Central Government otherwise directs.
(2) Where2[a person] ceases to be a citizen of India under sub-section (1), every minor child of that person shall thereupon cease to be a citizen of India:
Provided that any such child may, within one year after attaining full age, make a declaration3[in the prescribed form and manner] that he wishes to resume Indian citizenship and shall thereupon again become a citizen of India.
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Footnotes in the official text
- 1.The words “who is also a citizen or national of another country” omitted by Act 6 of 2004, s. 8 (w.e.f. 3-12-2004).
- 2.Subs. by Act 39 of 1992, s. 3, for “a male person” (w.e.f. 10-12-1987).
- 3.Ins. by Act 6 of 2004, s. 8 (w.e.f. 3-12-2014).
- 4.Omitted by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 3-12-2004).