Section 8: Renunciation of citizenship.

The Citizenship Act, 1955Central Act · Act 57 of 1955

(1) If any citizen of India of full age and capacity, * * *, makes in the prescribed manner a declaration renouncing his Indian Citizenship, the declaration shall be registered by the prescribed authority; and, upon such registration, that person shall cease to be a citizen of India:

Provided that if any such declaration is made during any war in which India may be engaged, registration thereof shall be withheld until the Central Government otherwise directs.

(2) Where [a person] ceases to be a citizen of India under sub-section (1), every minor child of that person shall thereupon cease to be a citizen of India:

Provided that any such child may, within one year after attaining full age, make a declaration [in the prescribed form and manner] that he wishes to resume Indian citizenship and shall thereupon again become a citizen of India.

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Where this provision sits

Act	The Citizenship Act, 1955
Section	8
Marginal note	Renunciation of citizenship.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	3

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

omitted, Act 6 of 2004. . The words "who is also a citizen or national of another country" omitted by Act 6 of 2004, s. 8 (w.e.f. 3-12-2004).
substituted, Act 39 of 1992. . Subs. by Act 39 of 1992, s. 3, for "a male person" (w.e.f. 10-12-1987).
inserted, Act 6 of 2004. . Ins. by Act 6 of 2004, s. 8 (w.e.f. 3-12-2014).
omitted. . Omitted by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 3-12-2004).

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