रजिस्ट्री सं ० डी० 221
REGISTERED No. D. 221
भारत का राजपत्र
The Gazette ofIndia
बसाधारण
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EXTRAORDINARY
27 JAN 1973
भाग II समय 3- उपसण्य ( 1 )
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PART I- Section 3-Sub - section ( 1)
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नई दिल्ली, सोमवार , जनबरी 8 , 1973/ पौष 18, 1894
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NEW DELHI , MONDAY , JANUARY 8 , 1973 / PAUSA 18 , 1894
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Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATIONS
New Delhi , the 5th January 1973
G.S.R. 4 ( E ) . In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Passport (Entry into India ) Act , 1920 ( 34 of 1920 ) , the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Passport ( Entry into India ) Rules , 1950 , namely:--
1. ( 1 ) These rules may be called the Passport ( Entry into India ) ( Amend- ment) Rules , 1973 .
( 2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette .
2. In the Passport ( Entry into India ) Rules , 1950 , in rule 5 , ---
( 1) in clause ( iii ) , for the brackets and words " ( other than India, Pakistan and Ceylon) " , the brackets and words " ( other than India , Pakistan , Ceylon and Bangladesh ) " shall be substituted ;
( ii ) in clause ( iv ) , for the words " other than Pakistan and Nepal " , the words 'other than Bangladesh , Nepal and Pakistan " shall be substituted;
(ii) in clause ( iv - A ) , sub - clause ( a ) shall be omitted;
(iv) after clause ( iv - B ) , the following clause shall be inserted , namely: - " ( iv - C ) that when issued by or on behalf of the Government of Bangla- desh , it shall have been endorsed by a proper Indian diplomatic ,
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consular or passport authority with a visa for India of one or more of the following kinds , namely :-
( a ) a Diplomatic or an official visa for a single journey or a specified number of journeys to India , valid for stay for such period not exceeding one year as may be specified therein;
( b ) a Short - term visa for a single journey to India , valid for stay for such period not exceeding three months as may be specified therein;
( c ) a Long - term visa for a single journey or a specified number of Long-tern journeys , valid for stay for such periodperiod not exceeding one year ;
(d ) a Transit visa for one direct journey through India undertaken for the purpose of reaching any place or country outside India , per- mitting breaks of journey , subject to a total sojourn in India not exceeding 15 days from the date of entry into India;
( e) a Re - entry visa valid for re - entry into India ."
[ No. 12011 / 52 / 72 - F.III ( I ) [
G.S.R. 5 ( E ) . The following draft rules , which the Central Government pro- poses to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Registra- tion of Foreigners Act , 1939 ( 16 of 1139 ) , are hereby published , as required by said section, for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby ; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into considera- tion by the Central Government on or after a period of 30 days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette .
Any objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before the period specifled will be considered by the Central Government .
Drufi Rules
1. Short title and commencement . ( 1) These rules may be called Registra- tion of Foreigners ( Bangladesh ) Rules , 1973 .
( 2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette .
2. Reporting by a citizen of Bangladesh of his address in India . etc. Notwith- standing anything contained in the Registration of Foreigners ( Exemption) Order , 1957 , every foreigner who is a citizen of Bangladesh entering India or resident in India shall present in person to the appropriate Registration Officer appointed under rule 3 of the Registration of Foreigners Rules , 1939 , a report (hereinafter referred to as a registration report ) within the time specified in rule 3 :
Provided that no such report shall he necessary in the case of a citizen of Bangladesh who enters India on a visa valid for a stay in India for a period of not more than 180 days and who does not want to remain in India beyond the said period:
Provided further that the Registration Officer may , in his discretion , dispense with personal attendance for the purpose of presentation of the registration re- port.
3. Procedure for registration.--- ( 1 ) The registration report shall be presented,
( a) in the case of a citizen of Bangladesh who enters India on a visa valid for stay in India for a period of not more than 180 days and who wishes to stay in India beyond the period of 180 days , to the Re- gistration Officer having jurisdiction in the place where the sald citizen of Bangladesh is present at the time of presentation of such report;
( b) in the case of a citizen of Bangladesh who enters India on a visa valid for stay in India for a period of more than 180 days , to such Re- gistration Officer as may be specified in this behalf by the Registra- tion Officer of the port or other place of arrival .
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(2) The registration report shall be presented:-
( a ) in the case of a citizen of Bangladesh referred to in clause ( a) of sub- rule ( 1 ) , immediately after the expiry of 180 days of his arrival in India;
(b ) in the case of a citizen of Bangladesh referred to in clause ( b ) of sub- rule ( 1 ) , within 7 days of his arrival in India .
4. Every Bangladesh national presenting a registration report shall furnish to the Registration Officer such information as may be in his possession for the purpose of satisfying the said officer as to the accuracy of the particulars speci- flied therein and shall , on being required to do so , sign the registration report in the presence of the said officer and shall thereupon be entitled to receive from the said officer a Certificate of Registration specified in Part III of Form 'A' of the Registration of Foreigners Rules , 1939 ,
[No. 12011 / 52 / 72 -F . III ( II ) . ]
ORDER
New Delhi , the 5th January 1973
G. .R . 4 ( E ) to 6 ( E ) . In pursuance of clause ( 1 ) of sub - rule ( 1 ) and sub - rule ( 2 ) of rule 4 of the Passport ( Entry into India ) Rules ,les , 1950 , the Central Gov- ertiment hereby exempts the following classes of persons from the provisions of rule 3 of the said rules , namely :-
( 1) A person, who is either a citizen of India or a citizen of Bangladesh and who is ordinarily resident in an area within 8 kilometers on either side of the India - Bangladesh border entering into India across the said border , subject to the following conditions , namely:---
( a ) if he is a citizenizen of India, he shall be in possession of a permit issued by the Government of India , or GovernmentGovernment of a State or any Union territory or by such authority as the Government of India or the Government of a State or any Union territory may appoint in this behalf .
( b ) if he is a citizen ofof Bangladesh, he shall be in possession of a permit issued by the Government of Bangladesh or by such authority as the Government of Bangladesh may appoint in this behalf .
( 2 ) A seaman who is a citizen of Bangladesh and who is holding a Conti- nuous Discharge Certificate bearing photograph and other prescrib- ed particulars when visiting a port in India as a member of the crew of the ship which brings him or who is discharged at the port.
( 3 ) A rating or ranking personnel of inland vessel belonging to Bangla- desh visiting or transiting through India .
[ No. 12011 / 52/ 72 - F.III ( III ) . ]
D. N. SHARMA , Under Secy .
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