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 20: Issue of passports and travel documents to persons who are not citizens of India.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions relating to issue of a passport or travel document, the Central Government may issue, or cause to be issued, a passport or travel document to a person who is not a citizen of India if that Government is of the opinion that it is necessary so to do in the public interest.
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