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No. 621 NEW DELHJ., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23,2001 / KARTIKA 1,1923 (SAKA) h + r r ~ m * r n p ~ ~ ~ % m ~ ~ ~ ~ d ; ~ a ~ ~ ~ ~ Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS % (Legislative Department) * New Delhi, the 23rd October, 2001/Kartih 1, 1923 (Saka) THE PASSPORTS (AI~ENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2001 No. 8 OF 2001 Promulgated by the President in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India.
An Ordinance further to amend the Passports Act, 1967.
WHEREAS Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfled that ciycumstaaces exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 123 of tbe Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the following 0 r h i ; e : - 1 . (1) This Ordinance may be cal1ed:the Passports (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001. Short title ' i..
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: 2 THE GAZETTE OF mDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II- ~ m o f 2. Aftcr section 10 of fhc ~as&rts Act, 1967, the following sections shall be new inserted, name&:- sections . 10A;md
10B.
Suspension ' IOA. (I) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in ofpassports section 10, ifthe Central Government or any desigaated officer is satisfied that the or travel passport or travel document is Iikely to be impounded or caused to be impounded or documents in revoked under clause (c) of sub-section (3) of section 10 and it is necessary in the certain cases. public interest so to do, it or he may, -
(a) by order, suspend, with immediate effect, any passport or travel document;
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(b) pass such other appropriate order which may have the effect of rendering aily passport or travel document invalid, . for a period not exceeding four weeks:
Provid.& that the Central Govenunent or the designated officer may, if it or he considers appropriate, extend, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, the said pwicK1 of four weeks till the proceedin& relating to variation, impounding or revocation of passport or travel document under section 10 are concluded:
Provided further that no order under this sub-section shall be passed unless a notice in writing to show cause has h e n issued to the holder of the passport or travel document:
Provided also that the Central Govenunent or the designated officer may, for reasons to be recorded in writing and in the public interest, waive the requirement of issue of nutice referred to in the second proviso:
Provided also that every holder of the passport or travel document, in respect of whom an order under this sub-section had been passed without giving him a prior notice, shall subsequently be given 'm opportunity of being heard and thereupon the Central Govament may, if necessary, by order in writing, modify or revoke the order passed under this sub-section.
(2) The designated offiwr shall immediately communicate the orders passed under sub-section (I), to the concerned authority at. an airport or any other , & po&of embarkation or immigration, and to the passport authority.
> I (3) Every authority referred to in sub-section (2) shall, immediately on I receipt of the order passed under sub-section (I), give effect to such order. .
I Validation of 10B. Every intimation, given by the Cenb-al Goveinment or the designatedintimations. officer, before the commencement of the Passports (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001, to any immigration authority at an airport or any other point of embarkatioq or immigration, restricting or fn my manner prohibiting the departure from India o I document under sub-s@on (3) of section 10, sub-section (1) of section IDA and such order s od of three months from the date of conimencement SEC. 11 THE GAZETIT OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 3 of the Passports (Amendment) Ordinance,2OO 1 or the date o f giving such intimation, whichever is later.
Explanation.- For the purposes of sections 10A and 10B, the expression "designated officer" means such o f f i r or authority designated, by order in writing, as such by the Central Government or the State Government.'. , K. R N A R A Y W , President.
SUBHASH C. JAIN, Secy. to the Govt. of India, , AND PUbIISHBD BY THE CONIROLIBR OF PLJDUCATIONS, DELHI, 2001