Constitution of India Day 10

 

India has a large number of people of Indian origin residing outside India.

We have already read about articles 5, 6 & 7 but none of these articles deal with the rights of citizenship of these persons of Indian origin residing outside India.Today we shall discuss article 8 which deals with the rights of citizenship of these people.

Article 8 : Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India.

It states that notwithstanding anything in article 5, a person shall be deemed to be a citizen of India provided he fulfills all of the following conditions :

1. S/he or either of her/his parents or any of her/his grandparents born in India. Here, India does not mean India after partition but as defined by the Government of india Act, 1935 (as originally enacted).

2. S/he has been registered as a citizen of India by the diplomatic or consular representative of India in the country outside India where s/he is an ordinary resident.

3. S/he is residing in that country for the time being on an application made by her/him to such diplomatic or consular representative before or after the commencement of the constitution.

4. The application must be in the form and manner prescribed by the Government of the Dominion of India or Government of India.

Please note that the term ‘Dominion’ was used to refer to the territory of British Commonwealth that had its own government. Thus, before the commencement of the Constitution, India functioned as a British Dominion and the government was referred to as Government of the Dominion of India.

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PS: The above texts are ‘not the exact texts’ copied from the Constitution of India.They have been modified in simple language for the ease of understanding. Due consideration has been given to ensure that ‘the spirit and the meaning’, as contained in the Constitution, remains the same. Please refer to the Constitution of India for the original texts. Please feel free to point out any discrepancy that comes across you. We shall be happy to modify the same.