The
Passports Act is an act of the Parliament of India "for the issue of
passports and travel documents, to regulate the departure from India of
citizens of India and for other persons and for matters incidental or ancillary
thereto." The Act applies to whole of India extending to citizens of India
living outside the country. The Act replaced the Indian Passport Ordinance 1967
and was enacted by Act 15 of 1967 with retrospective effect from 5 May 1967.
The act describes the procedures in getting an Indian passport.
In
conformity with Article 9 of Indian Constitution, the Act does not allow dual
citizenship. Under Section 12 of the Act, a person must surrender his passport
if he has acquired the citizenship of foreign country.
On
completion of 50 years of ‘The Passports Act, 1967’, a commemorative stamp was
issued in denomination of Rs 25 on 24th June 2017 jointly by Minister of State
for Communications (Independent Charge) Manoj Sinha, External Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj, and Ministers of State for External Affairs, Gen VK Singh and MJ
Akbar at New Delhi.
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