Applications for passports, travel documents, etc, and orders thereon
Section 5 of the Passports Act, 1967 deals with applications for passports, travel documents, etc, and orders thereon. An application for the issue of a passport under this Act for visiting such foreign country or countries (not being a named foreign country) as may be specified in the application may be made to the passport authority and shall be accompanied by [such fee as may be prescribed to meet the expenses in The Act came into force on 24 Jun 1967.
1 [(1) An application for the issue of a passport under this Act for visiting such foreign country or countries (not being a named foreign country) as may be specified in the application may be made to the passport authority and shall be accompanied by 2 [such fee as may be prescribed to meet the expenses incurred on special security paper, printing, lamination and other connected miscellaneous services in issuing passports and other travel documents.]
Explanation.--In this section, "named foreign country" means such foreign country as the Central Government may, by rules made under this Act, specify in this behalf.
(1A) An application for the issue of--
(i) a passport under this Act for visiting a named foreign country; or
(ii) a travel document under this Act, for visiting such foreign country or countries (including a named foreign country) as may be specified in the application or for an endorsement on the passport or travel document referred to in this section,
may be made to the passport authority and shall be accompanied by such fee (if any) not exceeding rupees fifty, as may be prescribed.
(1B) Every application under this section shall be in such form and contain such particulars as may be prescribed.]
(2) On receipt of an application 3 [under this section], the passport authority, after making such inquiry, if any, as it may consider necessary, shall, subject to the other provisions of this Act, by order in writing,--
(a) issue the passport or travel document with endorsement ,or, as the case may be, make on the passport or travel document the endorsement, in respect of the foreign country or countries specified in the application; or
(b) issue the passport or travel document with endorsement, or, as the case may be, make on the passport or travel document the endorsement, in respect of one or more of the foreign countries specified in the application and refuse to make an endorsement in respect of the other country or countries; or
(c) refuse to issue the passport or travel document or, as the case may be, refuse to make on the passport or travel document any endorsement.
(3) Where the passport authority makes an order under clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (2) on the application of any person, it shall record in writing a brief statement of its reasons for making such order and furnish to that person 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 country or in the interests of the general public to furnish such copy.
Section 5, The Passports Act, 1967 (Act 15 of 1967).
Cross-references
Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.
Made under this section, and citing it
4 instruments state that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.
- SO 4966(E) dated 25.09.2018 Exemption from payment of Passport feeRule 2018
- GSR 435 Exemptions to Indians living in Saudi Arabia having no travel documents from payment of fee for Emergency Certificate 04.05.2017Notification 2017
- GSR 276 Exemption to passport holders whose passports got damaged/lost during the Novemebr 2015 flloods in Tamil Nadu 01.03.2016Notification 2016
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2000 (22.05.2000)Rule 2000
Another 19 instruments name this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2011 (23.08.2011)Rule 2011
- The Passport (Second Amendment) Rules, 2010 (26.07.2010)Rule 2010
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2009 (04.06.2009)Rule 2009
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2007 (25.05.2007)Rule 2007
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2006 (23.12.2006)Rule 2006
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2005 (05.05.2005)Rule 2005
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2003 (23.05.2003)Rule 2003
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2002 (28.03.2002)Rule 2002
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 1998 (05.10.1998)Rule 1998
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 1993 (10.07.1993)Rule 1993
- GSR 1171 The Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2016 (23.12.2016)Rule 2016
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2011 (01.09.2011)Rule 2011
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 1995 (07.08.1995)Rule 1995
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 1991 (04.03.1991)Rule 1991
- The Passport (Amendment) Rules, 1982 (24.06.1982)Rule 1982
- GSR 50 Corrigendum to The Passports Rules, 1980 (07.02.1981)Rule 1981
- GSR 691 The Passports Rules, 1980 (11.12.1980)Rule 1980
- Passport Rules 1980Rule 1980
- The Passport Rules, 1967 (10.05.1967)Rule 1967
Questions about Section 5
What does Section 5 of the Passports Act deal with?
Section 5 of the Passports Act is headed "Applications for passports, travel documents, etc, and orders thereon". An application for the issue of a passport under this Act for visiting such foreign country or countries (not being a named foreign country) as may be specified in the application may be made to the passport authority and shall be accompanied by [such fee as may be prescribed to meet the expenses in
How do I find court cases under Section 5 of the Passports Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Passports Act 1967 5, section 5 Passports Act 1967, section 5 of the Passports Act. People searching for it also type passport act 1950 section 5. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 5 of the Passports Act, and has it changed?
3 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 4: most recently SO 4966(E) dated 25.09.2018 Exemption from payment of Passport fee (2018), then GSR 435 Exemptions to Indians living in Saudi Arabia having no travel documents from payment of fee for Emergency Certificate 04.05.2017 (2017), and 2 more.
When did Section 5 of the Passports Act come into force?
Section 5 of the Passports Act, cited as Passports Act 1967 5, came into force on 24 Jun 1967, having been enacted on 24 Jun 1967. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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