Article- 7 of Indian Constitution

Posted on March 28th, 2022

PART- II

Article-7.Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan. —

Notwithstanding anything in articles 5 and  6, a person who has after the first day of March, 1947, migrated from the territory of India to the territory  now included in Pakistan shall not be deemed to be a citizen of India:

Provided that nothing in this article shall apply to a person who, after having so migrated to the territory  now included in Pakistan, has returned to the territory of India under a permit for resettlement or permanent  return issued by or under the authority of any law and every such person shall for the purposes of clause (b) of article 6 be deemed to have migrated to the territory of India after the nineteenth day of July, 1948.