JKSSB Written 2018
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Option B —
Article 6
Article 6 provides citizenship rights to persons who migrated from Pakistan to India before the commencement of the Constitution, provided they met certain residency or registration requirements.Breakdown of the Options
To keep these straight, it helps to look at the "Citizenship" cluster (Articles 5 to 11) in Part II:
Article 5: Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution (for those domiciled in India).
Article 6: Rights of those who migrated to India from Pakistan.
Article 7: Rights of those who migrated to Pakistan but later returned to India under a permit for resettlement.
Article 8: Rights of persons of Indian origin residing outside India (NRI/PIO context).
Article 9: States that any person who voluntarily acquires citizenship of a foreign state automatically loses their Indian citizenship.
Key Conditions of Article 6
For a migrant from Pakistan to be considered an Indian citizen under this article, they (or their parents/grandparents) must have been born in undivided India, and:
If they migrated before July 19, 1948, they must have been ordinarily resident in India since their migration.
If they migrated on or after July 19, 1948, they had to be registered as a citizen by an officer after residing in India for at least six months.
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