Citizenship (Amendment) Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Citizenship_(Amendment)_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:affects illegal migrants
gptkbp:aimsTo provide citizenship to persecuted minorities
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Citizenship_Act,_1955
gptkbp:beganIn 10 January 2020
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Inner_Line_Permit_areas
gptkb:tribal_areas_of_Assam,_Meghalaya,_Mizoram,_Tripura
gptkbp:controversy alleged religious discrimination
gptkbp:criticizedFor human rights organizations
opposition parties
gptkbp:dateAssented 12 December 2019
gptkbp:datePassedLokSabha 9 December 2019
gptkbp:datePassedRajyaSabha 11 December 2019
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:excludes gptkb:Jews
gptkb:Rohingya_Muslims
gptkb:Muslims
gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Tamils
gptkb:Ahmadiyya_Muslims
atheists
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Citizenship (Amendment) Act
gptkbp:legalChallenge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:passedBy gptkb:Lok_Sabha
gptkb:Rajya_Sabha
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)
gptkb:Amit_Shah
gptkbp:providesCitizenshipTo gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hindus
gptkb:Sikhs
gptkb:Parsis
Jains
gptkbp:publicationDate 12 December 2019
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Gazette_of_India
gptkbp:reducesResidencyRequirement from 11 years to 5 years
gptkbp:refugees gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:National_Register_of_Citizens_(NRC)
gptkbp:section Section 2(1)(b)
Section 6B
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:CAA
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:President_Ram_Nath_Kovind
gptkbp:status in force
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Bharatiya_Janata_Party
gptkb:Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh
gptkbp:triggeredBy protests across India
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indian_legislation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5