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REGISTERED No. L. 3131

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1947

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF LAW

New Delhi, the 11th October 1947

ORDINANCE No. XXIV or 1947

AN

ORDINANCE

to provide for the registration of refugees in Delhi

WHERE an emergency has arisen which males it necessary to provide for the registration of refugees in the Province of Delhi ;

Now, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42 of the Government of India Act, 1935 (26 Geo. 5, c. 2), as adapted by the India (Provi- sional Constitution) Order, 1947, the Governor-General is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance :—

1. Short title, extent and oommencemen.—(1) This Ordinance may be called the Delhi Refugees Registration Ordinance, 1947.

(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of Delhi. (3) It shall come into force at once.

2. Interpretation —In this Ordinance, " refugee " means any person who has since the first day of March, 1947, entered the Province of Delhi, having left his place of residence elsewhere on account of civil disturbances in that place or the fear of such disturbances,

3. Registration Centres.—The Chief Commissioner shall, as soon as may be, establish in respect of—

(a) each camp in which refugees are being accommodated, and

(6) each of the areas into which he Considers it expedient to divide the Province for the purposes of this Ordinance,

a registration centre, and shall appoint a person or a committee of persons to be the registering authority in charge of each such centre.

4. Registration refugees.—(1) Every refugee for the time being in the Pro- vince of Delhi shall, within fifteen days from the commencement of this Ordinance or within seven days from the date of his arrival in the Province, whichever is later, register himself at the registration centre of the camp in which he is being accommo- dated, or if he is being accommodated elsewhere than in a camp for which a regis- tration centre has been established, at the registration centre of the area in which he is being accommodated .

( 1 1 73 )

Provided that a refugee who is the head of a family shall be responsible for the registration of all members of his family for the time being with him :

Provided further that, where a refugee is a female, a minor, a lunatic, an idiot or a person incapable by rea on of some physical infirmity of attending at the registration centre, the porson who is for the time being-in charge of such refugee shall be responsible for his registration.

(2) A person registering under sub-section (1) shall, to the be'fc of his ability* -aorrectJy fill up, or cause so o be filed up, the form, set out in the First Schedule.

5. Certificate of regatrr/i'E.-—The registering authority shall issue to every refugee registering under this Ordinance a certificate of registration in the form set out in the Second Schedule.

6. Penalty.—1" any person refuses, or wi tiout lawful excuse (the burden of proving -winch hhall he upon him) neglects, fully to comply with the requirements of section 4, he hnll be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupe . or with both.

7. Pom⁷or to m?ko miss.—The Central Government may, by notification in th© official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance, and, in particular, providing for tho preparation and maintenance of registers of refugees, registered under this Ordinance. ^

THE FIRST SCHEDULE

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Form of Begistration

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MINISTRY OF RELIEF AND REHABILITATION

REGISTRATION OF RKFUQBKS

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T HE SECOND SCHEDULE

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Form of Certificate of Begialraiion

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