Section 7
Duration of passports travel documents.
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.
A passport or travel document shall, unless
revoked earlier, continue in force for such period as may be prescribed and different periods may be
prescribed for different classes of passports or travel documents or for different categories of passports or
travel documents under each such class:
Provided that a passport or travel document may be issued for a shorter period than the prescribed period--
(a) if the person by whom it is required so desires; or
(b) if the passport authority, for reasons to be communicated in writing to the applicant, considers in any case that the passport or travel document should be issued for a shorter period.
Provided that a passport or travel document may be issued for a shorter period than the prescribed period--
(a) if the person by whom it is required so desires; or
(b) if the passport authority, for reasons to be communicated in writing to the applicant, considers in any case that the passport or travel document should be issued for a shorter period.