Provided that if the 5[ father or mother] of such person is a
citizen of Bangladesh by descent only, that person shall not be a
citizen of Bangladesh by virtue of this section unless-
(a) that person's birth having occurred in a country outside
Bangladesh the birth is registered at a Bangladesh Consulate or
Mission in that country, or where there is no Bangladesh Consulate
or Mission in that country at the prescribed Consulate or Mission
or at a Bangladesh Consulate or Mission in the country nearest to
that country; or
(b) that person's 6[ father or mother] is, at the time of the birth,
in the service of any Government in Bangladesh.
Citizenship by
migration
6. (1) The Government may, upon his obtaining a certificate of
domicile under this Act, register as a citizen of Bangladesh by
migration any person who after the commencement of this Act and
before the first day of January, 1952, has migrated to the
territories now included in Bangladesh from any territory in the
Indo-Pakistan sub-continent outside those territories, with the
intention of residing permanently in those territories:
Provided that the Government may, by general or special order,
exempt any person or class of persons from obtaining a certificate
of domicile required under this sub-section.
(2) Registration granted under the preceding sub-section shall
include, besides the person himself, his wife, if any, unless his
marriage with her has been dissolved, and any minor child of his
dependent whether wholly or partially upon him.
Persons
migrating from
the territories of
Bangladesh
7. Notwithstanding anything in sections 3, 4 and 6, a person who
has after the first day of March, 1947, migrated from the
territories now included in Bangladesh to the territories now
included in India shall not be a citizen of Bangladesh under the
provisions of these sections:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a person who,
after having so migrated to the territories now included in India
has returned to the territories now included in Bangladesh under a
permit for resettlement or permanent return issued by or under
the authority of any law for the time being in force.