Grant of Citizenship to Stateless Persons (Special Provisions)

(a) is of Indian origin lawfully resident in Sri Lanka ;

(b) is stateless; and

(c) is not within the 506,000 persons referred to in the Grant of Citizenship to Stateless Persons Act, No. 5 of 1986, who have applied to the Indian High Commission for the Grant of Indian Citizenship, and the children born to them after October 30. 1964,

shall have the status of Citizen of Sri Lanka with effect from the date of the commencement of this Act and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges to which other citizens of Sri Lanka are entitled to by law.

(a) shall be subject to the same obligations and liabilities in law as citizens of Sri Lanka, including the provisions of law relating to the liability to loss or deprivation of citizenship, and the renunciation of citizenship, in like manner and to the same extent as other citizens of Sri Lanka ;

(b) shall be deemed in law to have renounced all rights to the civil and political status such person may have had, or would but for this Act have had, under any law in force in the territory of the origin of such person or such person’s parent, ancestor or husband, as the case may be; and

(c) shall, in all matters relating to, or connected with, status, personal rights and duties, and property in Sri Lanka, be subject to the laws of Sri Lanka.

(1) Any person who is a citizen of Sri Lanka by reason of the provision of section 2 of this Act may if he so desires, apply to the Commissioner for a Certificate of Citizenship substantially in the form set out In Schedule A to this Act and the Commissioner shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, issue a certificate within sixty days of the receipt of such application by him, and such certificate shall be substantially in the Form set out in Schedule B to this Act.

(2) Such application shall be accompanied by a declaration under oath or affirmation substantially in the form set out in Schedule A to this Act.

(3) In respect of persons born prior to October 30, 1964, the Commissioner is empowered to issue certificates under this Act only to the balance of the 469,000 persons to whom certificates have not been issued under the Indo-Ceylon Agreement (Implementation) Act, No. 14 of 1987, on the date of commencement of this Act He shall obtain the prior approval of the Minister fur the issue of a certificate under subsection (1) to any person in excess of this number.

(4) No person shall require the production of a Certificate referred to in subsection (1) for any purpose and an affidavit shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.