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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Foreigners Act, 1946 Section 3A

Power to Exempt Citizens of Commonwealth Countries and Other Persons from Application of Act in Certain Cases

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Foreigners Act, 1946 Section 3A is part of Foreigners Act, 1946 - Power to Exempt Citizens of Commonwealth Countries and Other Persons from Application of Act in Certain Cases. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1 [3A. Power to exempt citizens of Commonwealth countries and other persons from application of Act in certain cases

(1) The Central Government may, by order declare that all or any of the provisions of this Act or of any order made thereunder shall not apply, or shall apply only in such circumstances or with such except ions or modifications or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order, to or in relation to--

(a) the citizens of any such Commonwealth country as may be so specified; or

(b) any other individual foreigner or class or description of foreigner.

(2) A copy of every order made under this section shall be placed on the table of both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after it is made.

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1. Inserted by Act 11 of 1957, section 4 (w.r.e.f. 19-1-1957).

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What does Foreigners Act, 1946 Section 3A provide?

Section Section 3A of the Foreigners Act, 1946 (Power to Exempt Citizens of Commonwealth Countries and Other Persons from Application of Act in Certain Cases) is reproduced on this page as part of the Foreigners Act, 1946. 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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