In exercise of the powers conferred by Sec. 7 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), the Central Government hereby makes the following order, namely:

1.

This Order may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu (Citizenship) Order, 1962.

2.

Every person who or either of whose parents or any of whose grand parents was born before the twentieth day of December, 1961, in the territories now comprised in the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, shall be deemed to have become a citizen of India on that day:

Provided that any such person shall not be deemed to have become a citizen of India as aforesaid if within one month from the date of publication of this Order in the Official Gazette that person makes a declaration in writing to the Administrator of Goa, Daman and Diu or any other authority specified by him in this behalf that he chooses to retain the citizenship or nationality which he had immediately before the twentieth day of December, 1961:

Provided further that in the case of a child, the declaration under the preceding proviso of the father, or if he is dead of the mother, or if both parents are dead, of the legal guardian, shall determine the citizenship or nationality of such child if on the date of such declaration he is below eighteen years of age, but such child may, within six months after attaining the age of eighteen years, make a declaration in writing to the Administrator of Goa, Daman and Diu or any other authority specified by him in this behalf that he wishes to acquire Indian citizenship and shall thereupon become a citizen of India.

Comments:
The Order, S. O. 959 dated 28 March 1962, was published in the Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec. 3 (i), dated 29 March 1962.
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