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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Foreigners Act, 1946 Section 8

Determination of Nationality

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Foreigners Act, 1946 Section 8 is part of Foreigners Act, 1946 - Determination of Nationality. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) When a foreigner is recognized as a national by the law of more than one foreign country or where for any reason it is uncertain what nationality if any is to be ascribed to a foreigner, that foreigner may be treated as the national of the country with which he appears to the prescribed authority to be most closely connected for the time being in interest or sympathy or if he is of uncertain nationality, of the country with which he was last so connected:

Provided that where a foreigner acquired a nationality by birth, he shall, except where the Central Government so directs either generally or in a particular case, be deemed to retain that nationality unless he proves to the satisfaction of the said authority that he has subsequently acquired by naturalization or otherwise some other nationality and still recognized as entitled to protection by the Government of the country whose nationality he has so acquired.

(2) A decision as to nationality given under sub-section (1) shall be final and shall not be called in question in any Court:

Provided that the Central Government, either of its own motion or on an application by the foreigner concerned, may revise any such decision.

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What does Foreigners Act, 1946 Section 8 provide?

Section Section 8 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 (Determination of Nationality) is reproduced on this page as part of the Foreigners Act, 1946. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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