Section 3: Passport or travel document for departure from India.

No person shall depart from, or attempt to depart from India unless he holds in this behalf a valid passport or travel document.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section,—

(a) “passport” includes a passport which having been issued by or under the authority of the Government of a foreign country satisfies the conditions prescribed under the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 (34 of 1920), in respect of the class of passports to which it belongs;

(b) “travel document” includes a travel document which having been issued by or under the authority of the Government of a foreign country satisfies the conditions prescribed.