THE CITIZENSHIP ACT, 1951 (ACT NO. II OF 1951). [13th April, 1951] An Act to provide for Bangladesh citizenship. 1 2 WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for citizenship of Bangladesh; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Short title and commencement 1. (l) This Act may be called the 3[ * * *] Citizenship Act, 1951. (2) It shall come into force at once. Definitions 2. In this Act- �alien� means a person who is not a citizen of Bangladesh or a Commonwealth citizen; �Indo-Pakistan sub-continent� means India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935, as originally enacted; �minor� means, notwithstanding anything in the Majority Act, 1875, any person who has not completed the age of twenty-one years; �prescribed� means prescribed by rules made under this Act; �Commonwealth citizen� means a person who has the status of a Commonwealth citizen under the British Nationality Act, 1948; �British protected person� means a person who has the status of a British protected person for the purposes of the British Nationality Act, 1948. Citizenship at the 3. At the commencement of this Act every person shall be deemed