Q. Which of the following provisions is/ are provided in the Constitution of India regarding citizenship?
1. If an Indian citizen acquires the citizenship by fraud, his Indian citizenship will be terminated.
2. Any provision with respect to the acquisition and termination of citizenship will be decided by President.
3. A person of Indian origin residing outside India and whose parents or grandparents were born in an undivided India can acquire Indian citizenship.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Exp) Option d is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is incorrect. The termination of citizenship on acquiring the the citizenship by fraud is not listed in the original constitution. It is included in the citizenship act 1955. According to which if a citizen has obtained the citizenship by fraud his citizenship will be compulsory terminated by the Central government.
Statement 2 is incorrect. Any provision with respect to the acquisition and termination of citizenship will be decided by Parliament not by President.
Statement 3 is correct. Article 8 provides that any person who or either of whose parents or grandparents was born in an undivided India but who is ordinarily residing in any country outside India, shall be deemed to be a citizen of India if he has been registered as an Indian Citizen by the diplomatic or consular representative of India in that country whether before or after the commencement of the Constitution.
