Act Number: 34

Act Name: The Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920

Year: 1920

Enactment Date: 1920-09-09

Long Title: An Act to take power to require passports of persons entering India.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 5: Power of removal.
    The 1 [Central Government] may, by general or special order, direct the removal of any person from 2 [India] who, in contravention of any rule made under section 3 prohibiting entry into 2 [India] without passport, has entered therein, and thereupon any officer of the Government shall have all reasonable powers necessary to enforce such direction.
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "L.G."
2. Subs. by Act 36 of 1949, s. 4, for "the Provinces".
Scroll to Top