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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Passports Act, 1967 Section 2

Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

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Passports Act, 1967 Section 2 is part of Passports Act, 1967 - Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) "departure," with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means departure from India by water, land or air;

(b) "passport" means a passport issued or deemed to have been issued under this Act.

(c) "passport authority" means an officer or authority empowered under rules made under this Act to issue passports or travel documents and includes the Central Government;

(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(e) "travel document" means a travel document issued or deemed to have been issued under this Act.

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Section Section 2 of the Passports Act, 1967 (Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,) is reproduced on this page as part of the Passports Act, 1967. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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