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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the l8th August, 1978/Sravana 27, 1900 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President
on the 18th August, 1978, and is hereby published for general informa-
tion : —
THE PASSPORTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1978
No. 31 OF 1978
[18th August, 1978.]
An Act to amend the Passports Act, 1967.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-ninth Year of the
Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Passports (Amendment) Act, 1978.
2. In section 5 of the Passports Act, 1967 (hereinafter referred to as
the principal Act),—
(a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be
substituted, namely:—
'(1) An application for the issue of a passport under this
Act for visiting such foreign country or countries (not being a
named foreign country) as may be specified in the application
may be made to the passport authority and shall be accom-
panied by a fee of rupees fifty.
Explanation—In this section,
"named foreign country"
means such foreign country as the Central Government may,
by rules made under this Act, specify in this behalf.
15 of 1967.
Short
title.
Amend-
ment of
section
5.
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13.
(1A) An application for the issue of—
(i) a passport under this Act for visiting a named fore-
ign country; or
(ii) a travel document under this Act, for visiting such
foreign country or countries
(including
a
named
fore-
ign country) as may be specified in the application
or for
an endorsement on the passport or travel document referred
to in this Section,
may be made to the passport authority and shall be accom-
panied by such fee (if any) not exceeding rupees fifty, as may
be prescribed.
(IB) Every application under this section shall be in such
form and contain such particulars as may be prescribed.';
(b) in sub-section (2)^ in the opening paragraph, after the words
"an application", the words "under this section" shall be inserted.
3. Iflb.&e*&c-n 13 pf £he principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the words
and figures "section 61 6£ ttie Cod*1 of Criminal Procedure, 1898", the
words and figures "section 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1053"
stoOl/be ^bafifrited.
4. In section 14 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the
words and figures "Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898", the words and
"figures "Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973" shall be substituted.
5. In section 23 of the principal Act,—
(a) the words and figures "the Foreign Exchange Regulation
Act, 1947" shall be omitted;
(b) after the words, brackets and figures "the Foreigners Law
(Application and Amendment) Act, 1962", the words and
figures
"the Foreign^ Exchange Regulation Act, 1973" shall be inserted.
6. In section 24 of the principal Act,—
(a) in sub-section (2),—•
(i) after clause (e), the following clause shall be Inserted,
namely: —
"(ee) specifying the foreign country for the purposes
of the Explanation to sub-section (7) of section 5;'';
(ii) in clause (f), for the words "issue or renewal of a pass-
port", the words, brackets, figures and letter "issue or renewal
of a passport for visiting a foreign country referred to in sub-
section (1A) of section 5" shall be substituted;
(b) in sub-section (3), for
the words "in two
successive
sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so
laid or the session immediately following", the words "In two or
5 of 1898.
2 of 1974.
Amend-
ment of
section
14.
Amend-
ment of
section
23.
Amend-
ment of
section
24,
5 of 1898.
2 of 1974.
7 of 1947.
42 of 1962.
46 of 1973.
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more successive sessions and if, before the expiry of the session
immediately following the session or the successive sessions afore-
said" shall be substituted.
7. Where any application for the issue or renewal of a passport is
made to the passport authority on or after the date of introduction of
the Passports (Amendment) Bill, 1978 in Parliament
but before the
date on which the Bill as passed by the Houses of Parliament receives
the assent of the President, the applicant shall be required as from the
commencement of this Act to pay in respect of such application the
difference between the fee payable under section 5 of the principal Act,
as amended by this Act and the amount already paid by him towards
fee under the said section as it stood immediately before such amend-
ment.
Transi-
tional
provi -
sion.
S. HARIHARA IYER,
Secy, to the Govr. o/ India.
t PRINTED Bt
THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PnESS, MINTO ROAD,
NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DKLHI,
1978
