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 6: Power to exempt from application of Act.
    The Central Government may, by order1 declare that any or all of the provisions of the rules made under this Act shall not apply, or shall apply only with such modifications or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the said order, to or in relation to any individual foreigner or any class or description of foreigner :
     Provided that a copy of every such order shall be placed on the table of 2 * * * Parliament as soon as may be after its promulgation.
Notes:
1. For Registration of Foreigners Exemption Order, 1949 See Gazette of India 1949, Pt. I, p. 1591.
2. The words "both Houses of" Rep. by the A.O. 1948.
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