 the citizenship (amendment) bill, 1957(as introduced in lok sabha)  the citizenship (amendment) bill) 1957 (as introduced in lok sabra)  a billto amend the citizensbip act, 1955 be it enacted by parliament in the eighth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the citizenship (amendment) act, short title 1957 57 of i95s s 2 in the first schedule to the citizenship act, 1955, under the am clme t heading "a the following commonwealth countries:-", after of ftrst n entry 8, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:-schedule "9 ghana 10 federation of malaya 10 11 singapore"  statement of objects and reasons section 2 (1) (c) of the citizenship act, 1955, empowers the central government to declare, by notification in the official gazette, the citizenship or nationality law in relation to any country specified in the first schedule at the request of the government of  that country where such a declaration is made, persons of full age and capacity who ere the citizens of that particular country may, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed in this behalf, be registered as citizens of india under the provisions of section 5 (1) (e) of the citizenship act since the enactment of the citizenship act in 1955, ghana, the federation of ¥alay'l and singapore have become commonwealth countries in order to enable the gov~rnment of india to notify, on a reciprocal basis, the citizenship or nationality law of these countries as 6ild when it becomes necessary, it is proposed to amend the act to include these countries also in the first schedule g b pant nzwdelbi; the 5th december, 1957 extracts from the cmzenship act, 1955 (57 of 1955) - - - - -  the first schedule[see 'sections 2(1) (b) and 5(1) (e)] a the following commonwealth co~tries:­l united kingdom 2 canada 3 commonwealth of australia 4 new zealand 5 union of south mrica 6 pakistan 7 ceylon 8 federation of rhodesia and nyasaland b the republic of ireland explanation-in this schedule, "united kingdom" means the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, and includes the cmnnel islands, the isle of man and all colonies; and "commonwealth of australia" includes the territories of papua and the territory of norfolk island a bill to amend the citizenship act, 1955 (shrl go'dind bajlabh pant, minz"ster of homs affairs) 