Act Number: 9

Act Name: The Reciprocity Act, 1943

Year: 1943

Enactment Date: 1943-03-31

Long Title: An Act to make provisions on a basis of reciprocity in regard to entry into, travel, residence, the acquisition, holding or disposal of property, the enjoyment of educational facilities, the holding of public office, or the carrying on of any occupation, trade, business or profession in India by, and the franchise in India of, persons domiciled in British Possessions.

Ministry: Ministry of External Affairs

Department:

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context--
         1[(a) "British Possession" means any part of His Majesty's dominions 2*** and includes a protectorate or other territory administered by a British Possession as a mandatory on behalf of the League of Nations; and where parts of those dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, the expression shall mean either each part under a local legislature or all parts under the central legislature;]
         (b) "entry" includes landing at any port in 3[India] during the stay in 3[India] of a ship or aircraft on its way to a destination outside 3[India] :
         4*                             *                             *                             *                             *
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for the original cl. (a).
2. The words "exclusive of India" omitted by the A.O. 1950.
3. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., for "the States".
4. Cl. (c) ins. by the A.O. 1950, omitted by s. 3 and the Sch. ibid.
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