Section 11: Authority to which application may be made
Citizenship Rule-2009Central Rules · 1955
(1) An application for registration under section 5 or naturalisation under section 6 shall be made to the Collector within whose jurisdiction the applicant is ordinarily resident.
(2) On the receipt of the application, the Collector shall issue an acknowledgment in Form IX.
(3) On being satisfied about the correctness of the particulars of application and before forwarding the application to the State Government or the Union territory Administration, as the case may be, the Collector shall administer to the applicant, who has applied for grant of citizenship by registration, the oath of allegiance as specified in the Second Schedule to the Citizenship Act, 1955.
PART-III ISSUE OF CETIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP AND MAINTENANCE OF REGISTERS