The Citizenship (Amendment) Act falls under which one of the following...
Part II of the Constitution of India deals with citizenship. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which was passed in 2019, amends the Citizenship Act of 1955. The Act provides for the granting of Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees who have fled religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and who entered India on or before December 31, 2014.
Explanation:
• The Citizenship Act, 1955, deals with the acquisition and determination of Indian citizenship.
• Part II of the Constitution of India deals with citizenship.
• The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which was passed in 2019, amends the Citizenship Act of 1955.
• The Act provides for the granting of Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees who have fled religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
• The Act covers those who entered India on or before December 31, 2014.
• The Act has been highly controversial and has led to widespread protests across India.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act falls under which one of the following...
- This act has been amended six times.
- After the effect of the Citizen Amendment Act, any person who is a citizen of India will not lose his citizenship.
- This law does not deprive anyone having current citizenship nor any religious minorities.
- The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 has been passed by the Lok Sabha on 9 December 2019.
- Several provisions were added to section 2.
- By this amendment, people of religious minorities from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan who are Sikhs, Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, or Christians who arrived in India before the end of December 2014 are Indian citizens.
- The act is not applicable to Muslims of Muslim majority countries.
- The Indian government passed the Citizenship Act in 1955.
- The Act provided two means for foreigners to acquire Indian citizenship.
- People from "undivided India" were given a means of registration after seven years of residency in India.
- The Citizenship Act, 1955 has been amended by the Citizenship (Amendment) Acts of 1986, 1992, 2003, 2005, 2015, and 2019.
- The 1986 amendment restricted citizenship by birth to require that at least one parent had to be an Indian citizen.
- The 2003 amendment further restricted that aspect by requiring that a parent could not be an illegal immigrant.
- The 2003 amendment also mandated the Government of India to construct a National Register of Citizens.