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Section 20: Expulsion of illegal migrants.

The Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983Central Act · Act 39 of 1983

[(1)] Where a person has been determined by a Tribunal, or, as the case may be, by the Appellate Tribunal, to be an illegal migrant, the Central Government shall, by order served on such person, direct such person to remove himself from India within such time and by such route as may be specified in the order and may give such further directions in regard to his removal from India as it may consider necessary or expedient.

[(2) Any police officer not below the rank of a Superintendent of Police shall have such powers as may be necessary, including the power to obtain a bond from any person for the due compliance of an order under sub-section (1) and to arrest such person in the event of his failure to furnish such bond to the satisfaction of such police officer.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983
Section20
Marginal noteExpulsion of illegal migrants.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • renumbered. . S. 20 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by s. 13, ibid. (w.e.f. 24-4-1988).
  • inserted. . Ins. by s. 13, ibid. (w.e.f. 24-4-1988).

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