Section 20
Issue of passports and travel documents to persons who are not citizens of India.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the issue of passports and travel documents, to regulate the departure from India of citizens of India and other persons and for matters incidental or ancillary thereto.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions relating to issue of a passport or
travel document, the Central Government may issue, or cause to be issued, a passport or travel document
to a person who is not a citizen of India if that Government is of the opinion that it is necessary so to do in
the public interest.