Passport (Entry into India) Amendment Rules 2016

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(Last Updated On: July 19, 2016)

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 18th July, 2016

G.S.R. 702(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 (34 of 1920), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 1950, namely:—

1. (1) These rules may be called the Passport (Entry into India) Amendment Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 1950, in clause (ha) of sub-rule (1) of rule 4, for the word “Bangladesh”, the words “Afghanistan, Bangladesh” shall be substituted.

[F. No. 25022/50/2015-F.I ]

G. K. DWIVEDI, Jt. Secy.

Note: The principal rules were published vide number 4/5/49-F.I, dated the 25th April, 1950 and last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 685(E), dated the 7th September, 2015.

ORDER

New Delhi,

the 18th July, 2016

G.S.R. 703(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 (31 of 1946), the Central Government hereby makes the following order further to amend the Foreigners Order, 1948, namely:— 1. (1) This Order may be called the Foreigners (Amendment) Order, 2016.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Foreigners Order, 1948, in paragraph 3A, for the word “Bangladesh”, the words “Afghanistan, Bangladesh” shall be substituted.

[F. No. 25022/50/2015-F. I]

G. K. DWIVEDI, Jt. Secy.

Note: The principal Order was published in the Gazette of India vide No. 9/9/46-Political (EW), dated the 14th February, 1948 and last amended vide number G.S.R. 325(E), dated the 18th March, 2016.

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