Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Citizenship_Amendment_Act,_2019
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Citizenship_Act,_1955
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hindus
gptkb:Sikhs
gptkb:Parsis
Jains
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:President_of_India
gptkbp:beganIn 10 January 2020
gptkbp:citation No. 47 of 2019
gptkbp:controversy alleged discrimination based on religion
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:dateAssented 12 December 2019
gptkbp:datePassedLokSabha 9 December 2019
gptkbp:datePassedRajyaSabha 11 December 2019
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:excludes gptkb:Muslims
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Amit_Shah
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hindi
English
gptkbp:passedBy gptkb:Lok_Sabha
gptkb:Rajya_Sabha
gptkbp:protestedBy widespread protests across India
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:status in force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Register_of_Citizens_(India)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4