Act Number: 31

Act Name: The Foreigners Act, 1946

Year: 1946

Enactment Date: 1946-11-23

Long Title: An Act to confer upon the Central Government certain powers in respect of foreigners

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 9: Burden of proof.
    If in any case not falling under section 8 any question arises with reference to this Act or any order made or direction given thereunder, whether any person is or is not a foreigner or is or is not a foreigner of a particular class or description the onus of proving that such person is not a foreigner or is not a foreigner of such particular class or description, as the case may be, shall notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), lie upon such person.
    
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