Question

Indian citizenship of a person can be terminated if:
1. a person voluntarily acquires the citizenship of some other country.
2. a person who has become a citizen through registration is sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 10 years within five years of his registration.
3. the Government of India is satisfied that citizenship was obtained by fraud.
4. a person who is a citizen by birth indulges in trade with an enemy country during war.

• A. I and III
• B. I, II and III
• C. I, III and IV
• D. I, II, III and IV

Answer 1

The correct option is C I, III and IV

Option C is correct as statements 1, 3 and 4 are correct.

The Citizenship Act, 1955 also lays down three modes by which an Indian citizen may lose his/her citizenship. These are renunciation, deprivation, and termination.

Statement 1 talks about renunciation. A renunciation is a voluntary act by which a person, after acquiring the citizenship of another country, gives up his Indian citizenship.

Statement 3 and 4 talks about deprivation. Deprivation is a compulsory termination of the citizenship of India obtained by Registration or Naturalisation, by the Government of India, on charges of using fraudulent means to acquire citizenship.

One more way in which Indian citizenship can be taken away is termination. Termination takes place by operation of law when an Indian citizen voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country. In this case, he or she automatically ceases to be an Indian citizen.