Citizenship Amendment Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Citizenship_Amendment_Act

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Indian_legislation
gptkbp:amendedBy	gptkb:Citizenship_Act,_1955
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Hindus gptkb:Sikhs gptkb:Parsis Jains
gptkbp:challenge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:controversy	alleged discrimination against Muslims
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Afghanistan gptkb:Bangladesh gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:dateEnacted	2019-12-12
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:excludes	gptkb:Muslims
gptkbp:fullTitle	gptkb:The_Citizenship_(Amendment)_Act,_2019
gptkbp:introduced	gptkb:Amit_Shah
gptkbp:minimumResidencyRequirement	5 years
gptkbp:officialGazettePublication	2019-12-12
gptkbp:passedByLokSabha	2019-12-09
gptkbp:passedByRajyaSabha	2019-12-11
gptkbp:previousResidencyRequirement	11 years
gptkbp:protestedBy	widespread protests across India in 2019-2020
gptkbp:purpose	to provide a path to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:National_Register_of_Citizens
gptkbp:shortName	gptkb:CAA
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Ram_Nath_Kovind
gptkbp:status	in force
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:CAA
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Citizenship Amendment Act