PART II
CITIZENSHIP
8. Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India.—Notwithstanding
anything in article 5, any person who or either of whose parents or any of whose grand-parents was born in
India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally enacted), and who is ordinarily residing
in any country outside India as so defined shall be deemed to be a citizen of India if he has been registered as
a citizen of India by the diplomatic or consular representative of India in the country where he is for the time
being residing on an application made by him therefor to such diplomatic or consular representative, whether
before or after the commencement of this Constitution, in the form and manner prescribed by the
Government of the Dominion of India or the Government of India.