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Section 3: Passport or travel document for departure from India.

The Passports Act, 1967Central Act · Act 15 of 1967

No person shall depart from, or attempt to depart from India unless he holds in this behalf a valid passport or travel document.

Explanation.--For the purposes of this section,--

(a) "passport" includes a passport which having been issued by or under the authority of the Government of a foreign country satisfies the conditions prescribed under the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 (34 of 1920), in respect of the class of passports to which it belongs;

(b) "travel document" includes a travel document which having been issued by or under the authority of the Government of a foreign country satisfies the conditions prescribed.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Passports Act, 1967
Section3
Marginal notePassport or travel document for departure from India.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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