## CONSTITUTION 6

### CONSTITUTION 6 — Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan
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> 6. Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India
from Pakistan.-Notwithstanding anything in article 5, a person who has
migrated to the territory of India from the territory now included in Pakistan
shall be deemed to be a citizen of India at the commencement of this Constitution
if-
(a) he or either of his parents or any of his grand-parents was born
in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally
enacted); and
(b)(i) in the case where such person has so migrated before the
nineteenth day of July, 1948, he has been ordinarily resident in the
territory of India since the date of his migration, or
(ii) in the case where such person has so migrated on or after the
nineteenth day of July, 1948, he has been registered as a citizen of India
by an officer appointed in that behalf by the Government of the Dominion
of India on an application made by him therefor to such officer before the
commencement of this Constitution in the form and manner prescribed by
that Government:
Provided that no person shall be so registered unless he has been resident
in the territory of India for at least six months immediately preceding the date of
his application.