(1) The passport authority may vary or cancel the endorsements on a passport or travel document or with the previous approval of the Central Government vary or cancel the conditions (other than the prescribed conditions) subject to which a passport or travel document has been issued and may, for that purpose, require the holder of a passport or a travel document, by notice in writing, to deliver up the passport or travel document to it within such time as may be specified in the notice.
(2) The passport authority may, on the application of the holder of a passport or a travel document, also vary or cancel the conditions (other than the prescribed conditions) of the passport or travel ^Qcument, Duration of passports and travel documents.
Renewal of passports.
Conditions and forms of passports and travel documents.
Variation, impounding and revocation of passports and travel iocumsnts.
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(3) The passport authority may impound or cause to be impounded or revoke a passport or a travel document,—
(a) if the passport authority is satisfied that the holder of the passport or travel document is in wrongful possession thereof;
(b) if the passport or travel document was obtained by the suppression of material information or on the basis of wrong information provided by the holder of the passport or travel document or any ether person on his behalf;
(c) if the passport authority deems it necessary so to do in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of India, friendly relations of India with any foreign State, or in the interests of the general public;
(d) if any of the conditions of the passport or travel document has been contravened;
(e) if the holder of the passport or travel document has failed to comply with a notice under sub-section (1) requiring him to deliver up the same;
(/) if it is brought to the notice of the passport authority that a warrant or summons for the appearance, or a warrant for the arrest, of the holder of the passport or travel document has been issued by a court under any law for the time being in force or if an order prohibiting the departure from India of the holder of the passport or other travel document has been made by any such court and the passport authority Is satisfied that a warrant or summons has been so issued or an order has been so made.
(4) The passport authority may also revoke a passport or travel document on the application of the holder thereof.
(5) Where the passport authority makes an order varying or cancelling the endorsements on, or varying the conditions of, a passport or travel document under sub-section (1) or an order impounding or revoking a passport under sub-section (3), it shall record in writing a brief statement of the reasons for making such order and furnish to the holder of the passport or travel document on demand a copy of the same unless in any case, the passport authority is of the opinion that it will not be in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of India, friendly relations of India with any foreign State or in the interests of the general public to furnish such a copy.
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(6) The authority to whom the passport authority is subordinate may, by order in writing, impound or cause to be impounded or revoke a passport or a travel document on any ground on which it may be impounded or revoked by the passport authority and the foregoing provisions of this section shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to the impounding or revocation of passport or travel document by such authority.
(7) A court convicting the holder of passport or travel document of any offence under this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder may also revoke the passport or travel document:
Provided that if the conviction is set aside on appeal or otherwise the revocation shall become void.
(8) An order of revocation under sub-section (7) may also be made by an appellate court or by the High Court when exercising its powers of revision.
(9) On the revocation of a passport or a travel document under this section the holder thereof shall, without delay, surrender the passport or travel document, if the same has not already been impounded, to the authority by whom it has been revoked or to such other authority as may be specified in this behalf in the order of revocation.