REGISTERED NO. DL-33004/2002
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II —Section 1
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NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2002/CHAITRA 7, 1924
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 28 March, 2002/Chaitra 7, 1924 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
28th March, 2002, and is hereby published for general information :—
THE PASSPORTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002
No. 17 OF 2002
[28th March, 2002]
An Act further to amend the Passports Act, 1967.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Passports (Amendment) Act, 2002.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 23rd day of October, 2001.
Short
title
and
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mencement.
15 of 1967
2. After section 10 of the Passports Act, 1967 thereinafter referred to as the principal
Act), the following sections shall be inserted, namely:—
Insertion of
new sections
10A and 10B.
'10A. (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 is likely to be impounded or caused to be impounded or
revoked under clause (c) of sub-section (5) of section 10 and it is necessary in the
public interest so to do, it or he may,—
(a) by order, suspend, with immediate effect, any passport or travel
document;
(b) pass such other appropriate order which may have the effect of rendering
any passport or travel document invalid,
for a period not exceeding four weeks:
Suspension of
passports or
travel
documents in
certain cases.
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Provided that the Central Government or the designated officer may, if it or he con-
siders appropriate, extend, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, the said
period of four weeks till the proceedings relating to variation, impounding or revocation of
passport or travel document under section 10 are concluded:
Provided further that every holder of the passport or travel document, in respect of
whom an order under clause (a) or clause (b) of this sub-section had been passed," shall be
given an opportunity of being heard within a period of not later than eight weeks reckoned
from the date of passing of such order and thereupon the Central Government may, if
necessary, by order in writing, modify or revoke the order passed under this sub-section.
(2) The designated officer shall immediately communicate the orders passed under
sub-section (J), to the concerned authority at an airport or any other point of embarkation
or immigration, and to the passport authority.
(3) Every authority referred to in sub-section (2) shall, immediately on receipt of the
order passed under sub-section (1), give effect to such order.
Validation oi
intimations.
10B. 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 pther point of embarkation or immigration, restricting or in any
manner prohibiting the departure from India of any holder of the passport or travel document
under sub-section (3) of section 10, shall be deemed to be an order under sub-section (J) of
section 10A and such order shall continue to be in force for a period of three months from the
date of commencement of the Passports (Amendment) Act, 2002, or the date of giving such
intimation, whichever is later.
Explanation.— For the purposes of sections 10A and 10B, the expression "designated
officer" means such officer or authority designated, by order in writing, as such by the
Central Government,'.
Repeal
and
saving,
3. (J) The Passports (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2001, is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the
principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or
taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.
Ord. 11 of
2001.
K.N.CHATURVEDI,
AMI Secy, to the Govt. of India.
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