Section 7C
Renunciation of Overseas Citizen of India Card.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the acquisition and determination of Indian citizenship.
1[7C. Renunciation of Overseas Citizen of India Card.-- (1) If any Overseas Citizen of India
Cardholder of full age and capacity makes in prescribed manner a declaration renouncing the Card
registering him as an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, the declaration shall be registered by the
Central Government, and upon such registration, that person shall cease to be an Overseas Citizen of
India Cardholder.
(2) Where a person ceases to be an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder under sub-section (1), the spouse of foreign origin of that person, who has obtained Overseas Citizen of India Card under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 7A, and every minor child of that person registered as an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder shall thereupon cease to be an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder.]
(2) Where a person ceases to be an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder under sub-section (1), the spouse of foreign origin of that person, who has obtained Overseas Citizen of India Card under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 7A, and every minor child of that person registered as an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder shall thereupon cease to be an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 6 of 2004, s. 7 (w.e.f. 3-12-2004)