after the voluntary acquisition of Singapore citizenship, Pranav’s parents ceased to be citizens of India by the operation of Section 9(1). Civil Appeal No.5932 of 2023, etc. Page 21 of 2520. Section 8(1) will apply if any citizen of India of full age and capacity makes, in the prescribed manner, a declaration renouncing his Indian Citizenship. Section 8(1) will not apply to the involuntary cessation of citizenship by the operation of law as provided in Section 9(1). Section 8(2) will apply only if the minor child's parents had voluntarily renounced citizenship by making a declaration. In the facts of the case, on 19th December 1998, when Pranav’s parents voluntarily acquired citizens of Singapore, they immediately ceased to be citizens of India by operation of Section 9(1). Therefore, there was no occasion for Pranav’s parents to renounce their citizenship on 20th April 2012 by the mode provided under Section 8(1) as they had already ceased to be citizens of India on 19th December