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REGISTERED No. D-28

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY ,

NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1948

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY WITHOUT PORTFOLIO

RULES REGARDING, PERMIT SYSTEM INTRODUCED BETWEEN WESTERN

PAKISTAN AND INDIA

NOTIFICATIONS

New Delhi, the 6th September 1948

Wo. 11(56)/48-General.—Notification No. II(55)/48-General, dated the 29th July 1948, appearing in the Gazelle of India of 7th August, 1948, is hereby

D. SUKH ANAND. Under Secy.

New Delhi, the 7th September 1948

No. II(56)/48-General.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Influx from West Pakistan (Control) Ordinance, .1948 (XVII of 1948), the Central Government in pleased to make the following rules: —

1. These rules may be called the Permit System Rules, 1948.

2. In these rules—

(i) "Check'Post" means a place where permits are checked.

(ii) "High Commissioner" or "Deputy High Commissioner" means the High Commissioner or Deputy High Commissioner for India in Pakistan,

(iii) " S t a t e" means an Acceding State. (iv) "Refugee' means a person domiciled or ordinarily resident in, or owning property in, or who carried on business within, the terri- tories now comprised in the Dominion of Pakistan and who has, amce the first day of March, 1947, left or been made to have his place of residence or has abandoned or been made to abandon his property or business in the said territories on account of civil disturbances or the fear of such disturbances or the partition of the country.

8. There shall be three kinds of permits, namely: —

(i) Permits for temporary visits, (ii) Permits for resettlement or permanent return, and (iii) Permanent permits.

4. Permits shall be printed in triplicate in bound books and serially machine- numbered. The first copy shall bo kept by the issuing authority, The second

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copy shall be sent to the Superintendent of Polioe of 'the District or State to wh ch the applicant may be going and the third copy shall be given to .the applicant'.

5. Permits may be issued^p^the High Commissioner at Karachi, or the Deputy High Commissioner atTahore.

fi. The General Manager of the Jodhpur Railway may issue a temporary or permanent permit to any member of the staff of that railway which shall be used for crossing or re-crossing the frontier while on duty and shall confcaiu photograph of the person to whom it is issued.

7. Government officers and businessmen who have frequently to travel between the two Dominions on duty or on business may be given permanent permits signed by an officer specified in rule 5. In case Pakistan also introduces the permit system, su^h permits shall be countersigned by the authorised' officers of both tho Dominions. Each such permit shall bear the photograph of the person to whom it is issued.

8. An application for permit shall be submitted in the form specified in Appendix I to these Rules.

9. The permits shall be in the form specified in Appendix II to these Rules.

10. Any officer of the Check Post may ask the permit holder to sign his name or pub hiB thumb mark afresh with a view to compare it with the signature~or thumb mark on the permit.

11. On the completion of the return journey the permit for temporary visit nhull bo banded over to the officer at the Check Post or to the issuing authority.

12 No person holding a temporary permit shall stay in India after the date of expiry of such permit.

ltV Refugee specials from Hyderabad (Bind) shall be accompanied by an officer appointed by the High Commissioner. On the authority of such officer, the persons travelling in the special may be allowed to enter India without any permit. Persons travelling by ordinary trains from Hyderabad (Bind) shall secure permits from an oilicer appointed for the purpose at Hyderabad by the High Commissioner. The period of such permits shall not exceed the period necessary for the journey and a small margin for any delaj.

14. Refugees travelling under the Indian Government Evacuation Organisa- tion operating in West Punjab shall, on the certificate of the escorting officer, be allowed to enter India without any permit.

]R. Refugees coming by sea from. Karachi to Bombay or any other Indian port) will require permits, unless they travel by a ship exclusively meant for refugees. The period of such permit should be so timed as to expire immediately after the arrival of the ship in the Indian Port where the refugee is to disembark, 16. A permit for resettlement or return may be granted by the High Commissioner or Deputy High Commissioner only—

(i) after personal scrutiny of the application, and (ii) after securing agreement of the State or the Provinoe where th^ appli- cant intends to resettle.

17. Application from a person wishintr to return to India temporarily with hi" fiunilv slial] be specially scrutinised by the High Commissioner or the Deputy High Commissioner.

18. No Railway, Shipping Company or Airway shall issu" ticket to any passenger who is not in possession of a permit.

APPENDIX I

(Application for Permit)

(see rule 8)

Name (in Block Capitals) "*""

father's name

Full address in Pakistan

Ooupation

Age

Purpose of visit and places to be visited

Duration of visit.

Address in India and one or two references

in India

Signature of applicant

Cortiiiofttc by a Magistrate, Justict of the Peace or M.L.A.

Certified tlint the information given in the above application is correct.

Signature

Date.

APPENDIX II (Bee Eule 9) Portn of Temporary Permit.

| , ' Serial No.

Book No. Name (in Block Capitals)

Father's name

Full address in Pakistan

Occupation

Address in India and one or two references Purpose of visit and |>lacefi to bo visited Deviation of visit Signature of applicant The applicant whose details arc given above is permitted to stay in India or the purpose specified above from o 19 •

Mneial Seal.

Signature

High Commissioner for India, Karachi. Dy. High Commissioner for India, Lahore.

Dated; Karachi, th*

™ Lahore, the

(IB)

Form of Permit for Resettlement or permanent return.

Book No.

Serial No.

Name (in Biock Capitals)

Father's name

Occupation

Age

Address in India where resettlement desircrl Beforencas

Signature of Applicant

The applicant whose details are given above is allowed to resettle in/retur to India permanently. This hag reference to the Permission granted by th Government of

in their letter No. dated

Official Seal

Signature

High Commissioner for Ind:a, Karachi. Dy. High Commissioner for India, Lahore Dated: Karachi, the

Lahore, the

APPENDIX II

(°)

Form of Permanent Permit

I. Nrtmo

Pass No.

'2. Father's name

3 Or-cupnfion & Permanent address

Photograph.

4. Age fi. Eeligion.

(5. Mark of identification

7. Suooiinan Signature or thumb impression

of the holder

8. Valid for

Dated.

High Commissioner for_India,_Kawihi; Dy. High ComrnliTsioner for India, Lahore.

(N.B. •—This pass must be retuinec by 1hs holder.

V. D. DANTYAG1, Jt. Secy.

PuBLiaHED BY THK MANAnEB OF PUBLICATIONS, DPI.HI, INTIIA.

PBINTBD BI rail MANAOBK, GOVEIINMENT OF INDIA PBK89, NEW DELHI, INDIA.