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Where by the law or practice of any British possession persons of Indian origin are subject in that British possession to disabilities in respect of entry into, or travel, residence, the acquisition, holding or disposal of property, the enjoyment of educational facilities, the holding of public office, the carrying on of any occupation, in trade, business or profession, or the exercise of the franchise in, that British possession, to which in respect of the like matters in [[Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s.3 and Such., for " the States ".] ] [India] persons domiciled in that British possession are not subject in [[Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s.3 and Such., for " the States ".] ] [India] the Central Government may, by {For such notifications, see Gazette of India, 1944, Extraordinary, pp.14 and 1488.}notification in the Official Gazette direct that the same disabilities or disabilities as similar thereto as may be, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, be imposed in [[Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s.3 and Such., for " the States ".] ] [India] on persons not being of Indian origin who are domiciled in that British possession.]