Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1992
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The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1992 is an Indian law that modified provisions of the country’s principal citizenship legislation to update and clarify rules on the acquisition and determination of Indian citizenship.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian Act
ⓘ
amending legislation ⓘ |
| amends | Citizenship Act, 1955 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Republic of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Acts of the Parliament of India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian nationality law ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Union Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
criteria for Indian citizenship
ⓘ
procedures related to Indian citizenship ⓘ |
| languageOfDocument |
English
ⓘ
Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
constitutional law (India)
ⓘ
immigration and nationality law ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force, as amended ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law system of India ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian citizenship legislation framework ⓘ |
| purpose |
to clarify rules on determination of Indian citizenship
ⓘ
to modify provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 ⓘ to update rules on acquisition of Indian citizenship ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indian Constitution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ministry of Home Affairs (India) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1992 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
acquisition of Indian citizenship
ⓘ
citizenship law ⓘ determination of Indian citizenship ⓘ |
| temporalScope | post-independence Indian citizenship regime ⓘ |
| typeOfChange | statutory amendment ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Citizenship Act, 1955