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numerical limit, exempt from

Reform and Control Act of 1986, and certain parolees from the former Soviet Union and Indochina. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Registration of overseas citizens of India

Registration of overseas citizens of India, see [Citizenship Act, 1955, s. 7A]

Government in India

Government in India, means the Central Govern-ment or a State Government. [Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), s. 2 (1) (a)]

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Naturalisation

Naturalisation, investing aliens with the privileges of native subjects. See ALIEN. [S. 6 Indian Citizenship Act and VIIth Sch. list 1; item 17, const.

Indian consulate

register of births is kept, or where there is no such office, such office as may be prescribed. [Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), s. 2(1) (d)]

A Government in India

A Government in India. It means the Central Government or a State Government. [Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), s. 2(1)(a)]

A person of Indian origin

father or whose grandfather was a citizen of India by virtue of the Constitution of India or the Citizenship Act, 1955. [Foreign Exchange Management (Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property in India) Regulations, 2000, R. 2 (c)]

Overseas citizen of India

a person registered as an overseas citizen of India by the Central Government under s. 7A. [Citizenship (Amend-ment) Act, 2005, s. 2(ee)]

civil right

a legal right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of … of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality

Freedom of residence

Freedom of residence, a person whose citizenship has been terminated under an Act of Parliament cannot complain of the infringement of the freedom of residence,

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