The PASSPORTS ACT, 1967

Sections

Section 1 — Short title and extent.

(1) This Act may be called the Passports Act, 1967.

(2) It extends to the whole of India and applies also to citizens of India who are outside India.

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  1. 1.Short title and extent.
  2. 2.Definitions.
  3. 3.Passport or travel document for departure from India.
  4. 4.Classes of passports and travel documents.
  5. 5.Applications for passports, travel documents, etc, and orders thereon.
  6. 6.Refusal of passports, travel documents, etc.
  7. 7.Duration of passports travel documents.
  8. 8.Extension of period of Passport.
  9. 9.Conditions and forms of passports and travel documents.
  10. 10.Variation, impounding and revocation of passports and travel documents.
  11. 10A.Suspension of passports or travel documents in certain cases.
  12. 10B.Validation of intimations.
  13. 11.Appeals.
  14. 12.Offences and penalties.
  15. 13.Power to arrest.
  16. 14.Power of search and seizure.
  17. 15.Previous sanction of Central Government necessary.
  18. 16.Protection of action taken in good faith.
  19. 17.Passports and travel documents to be property of Central Government.
  20. 18.[Omitted].
  21. 19.Passports and travel documents to be invalid for travel to certain countries.
  22. 20.Issue of passports and travel documents to persons who are not citizens of India.
  23. 21.Power to delegate.
  24. 22.Power to exempt.
  25. 23.Act to be in addition to certain enactments.
  26. 24.Power to make rules.
  27. 25.Change of short title of Act 34 of 1920.
  28. 26.[Omitted.]
  29. 27.Repeal and saving.