The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II — Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 9] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 8,2001 /PHALGUNA17,1922 [VOL.XXXVI Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
RAJYA SABHA
The following Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 8th March, 2001:—
BILL No. XXX OF 2001
A Bill to repeal the Influx from Pakistan (Control) Repealing Act, 1952.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Short title 1. This Act may be called the Influx from Pakistan (Control) Repealing (Repeal) Act, 2001.
2. The Influx from Pakistan (Control) Repealing Act, 1952 is hereby repealed. Repeal of Act
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Influx from Pakistan (Control) Repealing Act, 1952 was enacted to provide for the repeal of the Influx from Pakistan (Control) Act, 1949. However a saving clause in section 3 of the Act stipulated that the repeal shall not affect the continuance in force of any permit which was intended to continue beyond the 15th day of October, 1952. At present the stay and movement of Pakistan nationals in India is regulated by the system of residential permits in accordance with the Indo-Pak Visa Scheme of 1974 and system of permits introduced by the provisions of the Influx from Pakistan (Control) Act, 1949 has lapsed since long. Hence, the Influx from Pakistan (Control) Repealing Act, 1952 has no relevance and needs to be repealed.
2. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objecL
L.K. ADVANI.
R. C. TRIPATHI, Secretary-General.