Ciudadanía al comienzo de la Constitución (artículos 5 a 8) / cohorte de súbditos británicos anterior a 1950

For most of the commencement cohort there was and is no procedure: Art 5 and Art 6(b)(i) operated automatically to fix citizenship at 26 January 1950 for those who met the domicile/nexus or pre-19-July-1948 migration tests. Two of the articles contemplated a registration step at the time: Art 6(b)(ii) (registration before commencement for those who migrated on or after 19 July 1948) and Art 8 (consular registration for persons of Indian origin residing abroad, before or after commencement). Today, no person 'applies' under Arts 5-8; the determination is spent for new acquisitions. Its live procedural relevance is as a FORWARD BRIDGE: Citizenship Act 1955 §4(3) deems any person born outside undivided India who was, or was deemed to be, a citizen at the commencement of the Constitution to be a citizen 'by descent only' — which then engages the §4 consulate-registration provisos on the NEXT generation's descent claim.

Constitution of India, Part II, Arts 5-11 (the determining instrument; India Code / MEA Part II reproduction). Government of India Act 1935 (as originally enacted) — the 'born in India' / 'undivided India' definition Arts 6 and 8 incorporate. Indian Independence Act 1947 — partition context. No court adjudication is needed to determine commencement-cohort status from the article text itself; the articles operated at commencement by their own force.