Ceylon Citizenship Act No. 18 of 1948 and Indian and Pakistani Residents (Citizenship) Act No. 3 of 1949

Parliament of Ceylon · Government Printer, Ceylon; consolidated text via Sri Lanka Law

tlte-cite:citizenship-act-no-18-1948

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Primary statutes that produced ~700,000–900,000 stateless Indian-Origin Tamils. Cited for the Ketu / severance ring.

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https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/1948/en/35691

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