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 5: Penalties.
    Any person who contravenes, or attempts to contravene, or fails to comply with, any provision of any rule made under this Act shall be punished, if a foreigner, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both, or if not a foreigner, with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
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