law: Citizenship Act, 1955 
  2. Interpretation 
  (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 
  (a) "a Government in India " means the
  
  Central Government or a State Government.
  (b) "citizen" in relation to a
  
  country specified in Schedule I, means a person who, under the citizenship or
  
  nationality law for the time being in force in that country, is a citizen or
  
  national of that country;
  (c) "citizenship or nationality law"
  
  in relation to a country specified in Schedule I, means an enactment of the
  
  Legislature of that country which, at the request of the government of that
  
  country, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
  
  have declared to be an enactment making provision for the citizenship or
  
  nationality of that country:
  PROVIDED  that no such notification shall be
  
  issued in relation to the Union of South Africa except with the previous
  
  approval of both Houses of Parliament.
  (d) "Indian consulate" means the
  
  office of any consular officer of the Government of India where a register of
  
  births is kept, or where there is no such office, such office as may be
  
  prescribed;
  (e) "minor" means a person who has
  
  not attained the age of eighteen years;
  (f) "person" does not include any
  
  company or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not;,
  (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by
  
  rules made under this Act;
  (h) "undivided India " means India as defined in the
  
  Government of India Act, 1935, as originally enacted.
  (2) For the purposes of this Act, a person born aboard a
  
  registered ship or aircraft, or aboard an unregistered ship or aircraft of the
  
  government of any country shall be deemed to have been born in the place in
  
  which the ship or aircraft was registered or, as the case may be, in that
  
  country.
  (3) Any reference in this Act to the status or description of
  
  the father of a person at the time of that person's birth shall, in relation to
  
  a person born after the death of his father, be construed as a reference to the
  
  status or description of the father at the time of the father's death; and
  
  where that death occurred before, and the birth occurs after the commencement
  
  of this Act, the status or description which would have been applicable to the
  
  father had he died after the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the
  
  status or description applicable to him at the time of his death.
  (4) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to be
  
  of full age if he is not a minor, and of full capacity if he is not of unsound
  
  mind.