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P. & J. 3843/1930
Indian Passport Rules, 1921, as amended by Government of India’s Notifications
in the Foreign and Political Department, enumerated below. 0
In exercise of the powers conferred ly section 3 of the Indian Passport
Act, 1920 (XXXIV of J 920), the Governor-General in Council is pleased to
make the following rules :—
1. These rules may be called the Indian Passport Rules, 1921.
2. In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or
context, “competent authority” means any person authorised by order in
writing by the Governor-General in Council or by the Local Government
to exercise the powers of a competent authority under these rules.
3. Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained no person proceeding
from any place outside India shall enter British India by sea or by air or
by the Chaman, Khyber or Nushki land route unless he is in possession of a
passport:—
Explanation I.—A person entering British India by sea or by air shall
not be deemed to be proceeding from a place outside India by
reason only of the fact that he has traversed extra-territorial waters
in the course of his journey.
Explanation II. —A person shall be deemed to enter British India bv
sea or by air who, having landed at any place in India or anv
place in any foreign possession in India, subsequently enters
British India.
4. Every such passport—
(i) shall have been issued or renewed by or on behalf of the Government
of the country of which the person to whom it relates is a subject,
and shall be within the period of its validity;
(ii) shall, except in the case of passports issued to Pardanashin or Gosha
women, have affixed to it a photograph of the person to whom it
relates, duly authenticated by the issuing authority;
(iii) when issued by or on behalf of llis Majesty’s Government or ihe
Government of any British possession shall be specifically valid for
entry into any part of the British Empire, or shall have been
specifically endorsed by a competent British authority as valid for
entry into British India ;
(iv) when issued by or on behalf of the Government of a foreign country
shall have been endorsed by way of visa for British India by a
proper British Diplomatic, Consular or Passport Authority. Such
visa shall be of one of the following kinds, namely: —
(a) a transit visa valid for one year, or for such shorter period
as may be specified therein (provided that in no case shall it be
valid for a period exceeding the period for which the visa for the
country of ultimate destination is valid), for one or more direct
journeys through British India undertaken for the sole purpose
of reaching the territory of a foreign State or of another British
possession, and occupying in each case not more than 15 days in
British India, unless an extension of time for such journey be
allowed by a competent authority ; and
* No. 3610/})48—Gen., dated 8th November 1922.
No. 381—G., dated 11th December 1924.
No. 245—G., dated 28th May 1924.
No. 327—G., dated 23rd June 1925.
No. 77—G., dated 16th February 1926.
No. 446—G., dated 27th September 1926.
No. 118—G., dated 3rd March 1927.
No. 72—G., dated 22nd January 1930.
No. 404—G., dated 19th June 1930.
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