Act Number: 15

Act Name: The Passports Act, 1967

Year: 1967

Enactment Date: 1967-06-24

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of External Affairs

Department:

Section 17: Passports and travel documents to be property of Central Government.
    A passport or travel document issued under this Act shall at all times remain the property of the Central Government.
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