Passports Act 1967 Section 21 : Power to delegate : The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that any power or function which may be exercised or performed by it under this Act other than the power under clause (d) of…
Passports Act 1967 Section 20 : Issue of passports and travel documents to persons who are not citizens of India : Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions relating to issue of a passport or travel document, the Central Government may issue, or cause to…
Passports Act 1967 Section 19 : Passports and travel documents to be invalid for travel to certain countries : Upon the issue of a notification by the Central Government that a foreign country is (a) a country which is committing external aggression against India; or…
Passports Act 1967 Section 18 : Passports, etc., not to be issued to persons who cannot emigrate under Act 7 of 1922 : [Omitted by the Passports (Amendment) Act, 1993 (35 of 1993), section 8 (w.e.f. 1-7-1993).] पासपोर्ट अधिनियम १९६७ धारा १८ : पासपोर्ट, आदि,…
Passports Act 1967 Section 17 : Passports and travel documents to be property of Central Government : a passport or travel document issued under this Act shall at all times remain the property of the Central Government.
Passports Act 1967 Section 16 : Protection of action taken in good faith : No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government or any officer or authority for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under…
Passports Act 1967 Section 15 : Previous sanction of the Central Government necessary : No prosecution shall be instituted against any person in respect of any offence under this Act without the previous sanction of the Central Government or such officer or authority as may…
Passports Act 1967 Section 14 : Power of search and seizure : (1) Any officer of customs empowered by a general or special order of the Central Government in this behalf and any 1.[officer of police or emigration officer] not below the rank of a…
Passports Act 1967 Section 13 : Power to arrest : (1) Any officer of customs empowered by a general or special order of the Central Government in this behalf and any 1.[officer of police or emigration officer] not below the rank of a sub-inspector may…
Passports Act 1967 Section 12 : Offences and penalties : (1) Whoever (a) contravenes the provisions of section 3; or (b) knowingly furnishes any false information or suppresses any material information with a view to obtaining a passport or travel document under this Act or…
Passports Act 1967 Section 11 : Appeals : (1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the passport authority under clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 5 or clause (b) of the proviso to section 7 or sub-section (1), or sub-section…
Passports Act 1967 Section 10B : 1.[Validation of intimations : Every intimation, given by the Central Government or the designated officer, before the commencement of the Passports (Amendment) Act, 2002, to any immigration authority at an airport or any other point of embarkation or immigration,…
Passports Act 1967 Section 10A : 1.[Suspension of passports or travel documents in certain cases : (1) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in section 10, if the Central Government or any designated officer is satisfied that the passport or travel document…
Passports Act 1967 Section 10 : Variation, impounding and revocation of passports and travel documents : (1) The passport authority may, having regard to the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 6 or any notification under section 19, vary or cancel the endorsements on a…
Passports Act 1967 Section 9 : Conditions and forms of passports and travel documents : The conditions subject to which, and the form in which, a passport or travel document shall be issued or renewed shall be such as may be prescribed: Provided that different…
Passports Act 1967 Section 8 : 1.[Extension of period of passport : Where a passport is issued for a shorter period than the prescribed period under section 7, such shorter period shall, unless the passport authority for reasons to be recorded in writing otherwise determines,…
Passports Act 1967 Section 7 : Duration of passports and travel documents : A passport or travel document shall, unless revoked earlier, continue in force for such period as may be prescribed and different periods may be prescribed for different classes of passports or travel…
Passports Act 1967 Section 6 : Refusal of passports, travel documents, etc : (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act , the passport authority shall refuse to make an endorsement for visiting any foreign country under clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section…
Passports Act 1967 Section 5 : Applications for passports, travel documents, etc., and orders thereon : 1.[(1) An application for the issue of a passport under this Act for visiting such foreign country or countries (not being a named foreign country) as may be specified…
Passports Act 1967 Section 4 : Classes of passports and travel documents : (1) The following classes of passports may be issued under this Act, namely: (a) ordinary passport; (b) official passport; (c) diplomatic passport. (2) The following classes of travel documents may be issued…