Citizenship Amendment Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Citizenship_Amendment_Act
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf 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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Citizenship Amendment Act
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 5