Act Number: 16

Act Name: The Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939

Year: 1939

Enactment Date: 1939-04-08

Long Title: An Act to provide for the registration of foreigners in India.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 1: Short title and extent.
    (1) This Act may be called the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939.
     (2) It extends to 1 [the whole of India] 2 * * *.
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "all the Provinces of India".
2. The words "except the State of Hyderabad", ins. by the A.O. 1950, omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule.
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