Rule, 2013

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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

NOTIFICATION

th July, 2013

G.S.R. 488(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Citizenship Rules, 2009, namely

(1) These rules may be called the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2013;

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette

2. In the Citizenship Rules, 2009, in Rule 19, -

(a) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be substituted; namely:- “(2) An application for registration under sub-section (3) of section 6A shall be made in Form XVIII, by the person to the registering authority for the district in which such person is ordinarily a resident within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of order of the Foreigners Tribunal declaring such person as a foreigner;

“Provided that the registering authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the said period to such further period as may be justified in each case but not exceeding sixty days”.

(b) after sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- “(2A) A person who has been declared as a foreigner by the Foreigners Tribunal prior to 16 th July, 2013 and has not been registered under sub-section (3) of Section 6A for the reason of non-receipt of order of the Foreigners Tribunal or refusal by the registering authority to register such person as a foreigner on account of delay may, within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order passed by the Foreigners Tribunal, or, from the date of publication of this notification, make an application for registration in Form XVIII to the registering authority of the district in which such person is ordinarily a resident: Provided that the registering authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the said period to such further period as may be justified in each case but not exceeding one hundred eighty days”.

(c) sub-rule (5) shall be omitted.

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Other instruments under the same Act

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