We have already read on Day 7 that we follow a concept of only ‘single citizenship’ and there is no separate citizenship for states. In other words,there is no dual citizenship. This concept is also applied in the sense that we can not have citizenship of any other country along with Indian citizenship.
This concept shall be more clear when we read article 9.
Article 9: Persons voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign State not to be citizens.
This article states that no person shall be a citizen of India by virtue of article 5, or be deemed to be a citizen of India by virtue of article 6 or article 8, if he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of any foreign state.
The Citizenship Act (1955) also prescribes it as one of the three provisions of the loss of citizenship. The same is covered under the ‘loss of citizenship by termination’.
It states that when an Indian citizen voluntarily (consciously, knowingly and without duress, undue influence or compulsion) acquires the citizenship of another country, his Indian citizenship automatically terminates.
You must be wondering how ‘The Citizenship Act (1955)’ is different from the Constitutional provisions for ‘Citizenship’ provided in Part - II (Articles 5 to 11) of the Constitution. Please understand that the Constitution is the basic body of laws according to which other ordinary laws are made in the form of an Act by introducing a bill in the parliament. When the introduced bill is passed by both the houses of the parliament, it becomes an Act after the Presidential assent.
This point shall be more clear when you read Article 11.
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