Grant of Citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin (Amendment) Act 2009 · As enacted
3. Insertion of section 2A in the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 2 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 2A of such enactment :—
2A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2, any person who was a permanent resident of Sri Lanka with Indian Origin since
October 30, 1964 or a descendent of such person, who due to circumstances beyond the control of such person—
was compelled to leave Sri Lank; and
thereupon took up residence in India;
and who consequently had as at the day immediately preceding the date of the coming into operation of this Act, been unable to comply with the requirements of section 2, shall, if such person is able to submit proof that such person was a permanent resident of Sri Lanka with
Indian Origin since October 30, 1964 or is a descendant of a person who has been a permanent resident of Sri Lanka with Indian origin since October 30, 1964, have the status of a citizen of Sri Lanka with effect from the date of commencement of this Act and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges to which a citizen of Sri Lanka is entitled to by law:
Provided howerer, where on the date of the coming into operation of this Act, any person referred to above, holds an Indian Passport or other similar document, such person’s status of a citizen of Sri Lanka, shall be effective only on his forwarding to the Commissioner a
Declaration in the special form of Declaration
“Grant of
Citizenship to certain persons.
set out in the Schedule, stating his intention to voluntarily acquire citizenship of Sri Lanka and upon such declaration being acknowledged by the Commissioner in writing.”.