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Article 7 — Rights of citize nship of certain migrants to Pakistan

Constitution of India · Official PDF page 68

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7. Rights of citize nship of certain migrants to Pakistan .— Notwithstanding anything in articles 5 and 6, a person who has after the first day of March, 1947, migrated from the territory of India to the territory now included in Pakistan shall not be deemed to be a citizen of India:

Provided that nothing in this article shall apply to a person who, after having so migrated to the territory now included in Pakistan, has returned to the territory of India under a permit for resettlement or permanent return issued by or under the authority of any law and every such person shall for the purposes of clause ( b) of article 6 be deemed to have migrated to the territory of India after the nineteenth day of July, 1948.

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