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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Foreigners Order, 1948 Section 8

Prohibited Places

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Foreigners Order, 1948 Section 8 is part of Foreigners Order, 1948 - Prohibited Places. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) No foreigner shall, without the permission of the civil authority having jurisdiction at such place, visit, or reside in, any prohibited place as defined in the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923 (19 of 1923).

(2) Where any foreigner is, on the commencement of this Order, residing in any prohibited place and is not permitted to continue to reside there, he shall, within such time as may be specified by the civil authority, remove himself from such place.

(3) The civil authority may impose on any householder or other person in such prohibited place the obligation to report to the police or to any naval, military or air-force authority the presence of any foreigner in his household or in any premises occupied by him or under his control and the departure of any such foreigner and such other particulars with respect to such foreigner as may be prescribed by such authority.

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Section Section 8 of the Foreigners Order, 1948 (Prohibited Places) is reproduced on this page as part of the Foreigners Order, 1948. 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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