Passports Act 1967 Section 27 : Repeal and saving : (1) The Passports Ordinance, 1967 (Ord. 4 of 1967), is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken or purporting to have been done or taken under the said Ordinance shall…
Passports Act 1967 Section 26 : Saving as to certain passports and applications : [Omitted by the Passports (Amendment) Act, 1993 (35 of 1993), section 8 (w.e.f. 1-7-1993).] पासपोर्ट अधिनियम १९६७ धारा २६ : पासपोर्ट और आवेदन के बाबत व्यावृत्ति : १९९३ के अधिनियम सं०…
Passports Act 1967 Section 25 : Change of short title of Act 34 of 1920 : In the Indian Passports Act, 1920, in sub-section (1) of section 1, for the words and figures, the Indian Passports Act, 1920, the words, brackets and figures the Passport…
Passports Act 1967 Section 24 : Power to make rules : (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make 1.[rules] for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power,…
Passports Act 1967 Section 23 : Act to be in addition to certain enactments : The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 (34 of 1920), 1.[the Emigration…
Passports Act 1967 Section 22 : Power to exempt : Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette and subject to such conditions, if…
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…