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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Passports Act, 1967

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/52066

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Preamble1 - Passports Act, 1967
Section1 - Short Title and Extent
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Passport or Travel Document for Departure from India
Section4 - Classes of Passports and Travel Documents
Section5 - Applications for Passports, Travel Documents, Etc., and Orders Thereon
Section6 - Refusal of Passports, Travel Documents. Etc.
Section7 - Duration of Passports and Travel Documents
Section8 - Extension of Period of Passport
Section9 - Conditions and Forms of Passports and Travel Documents
Section10 - Variation, Impounding and Revocation of Passports and Travel Documents
Section10A - Suspension of Passports or Travel Documents in Certain Cases
Section10B - Validation of Intimations
Section11 - Appeals
Section12 - Offences and Penalties
Section13 - Power to Arrest
Section14 - Power of Search and Seizure
Section15 - Previous Sanction of Central Government Necessary
Section16 - Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith
Section17 - Passports and Travel Documents to Be Property of Central Government
Section18 - Passports, Etc. Not to Be Issued to Persons Who Cannot Emigrate Under Act 7 of 1922 [Omitted]
Section19 - Passports and Travel Documents to Be Invalid for Travel to Certain Countries
Section20 - Issue of Passports and Travel Documents to Persons Who Are Not Citizens of India
Section21 - Power to Delegate
Section22 - Power to Exempt
Section23 - Act to Be in Addition to Certain Enactments
Section24 - Power to Make Rules
Section25 - Change of Short Title of Act 34 Of1920
Section26 - Savings as to Certain Passports Andapplications (Omitted)
Section27 - Repeal and Saving
Section - Amendment Act

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What is the Passports Act, 1967?

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