Knowledge

The Foreigners Act, 1946

Source 📝

31: 146:
the police) Order, 2001, made under the Foreigners Act 1946, where any person who has reason to believe that a foreigner has entered India without valid documents or is staying in India beyond the authorized period of stay accommodates such a foreigner in a premises occupied, owned or controlled by him, for whatever purpose, it shall be the duty of such a person to inform the nearest police station, within 24 hours, of the presence of such foreigner.
246: 145:
The Act defines a foreigner as "a person who is not a citizen of India". Section 9 of the Act states that, where the nationality of a person is not evident as per Section 8, the onus of proving whether a person is a citizen of India shall lie upon such person. According to the Foreigners (Report to
178: 306: 287: 173: 336: 326: 163: 331: 316: 188: 122: 80: 38: 280: 158: 149:
The Foreigners Act empowers the Indian government to detain a person until deportation back to their country of origin.
126: 30: 341: 273: 321: 168: 311: 70: 220: 183: 118: 225: 257: 16:
Act of India's Imperial Legislative Assembly granting powers to the Interim Government
300: 58:
An Act to confer upon the Central Government certain powers in respect of foreigners
253: 130: 49: 221:"In Strident Campaign, Jammu Politicians Target Rohingya Muslim Refugees" 207: 134: 261: 137:. The Act was enacted before India became independent. 179:
Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 1983
94: 86: 76: 66: 37: 23: 281: 8: 125:enacted to grant the certain powers to the 288: 274: 307:Acts of the Imperial Legislative Council 200: 55: 174:National Register of Citizens of India 20: 7: 242: 240: 14: 164:Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 244: 29: 1: 189:Overseas Citizenship of India 123:Imperial Legislative Assembly 81:Imperial Legislative Assembly 39:Imperial Legislative Assembly 337:Legislation in British India 260:. You can help Knowledge by 159:Illegal immigration to India 127:Interim Government of India 358: 327:Foreign relations of India 239: 104: 99: 44: 28: 208:The Foreigners Act, 1946 115:The Foreigners Act, 1946 24:The Foreigners Act, 1946 252:This article about the 332:Indian nationality law 169:Indian nationality law 317:Expatriates in India 71:Act No. 31 of 1946 269: 268: 229:, 7 February 2017 184:Refugees in India 112: 111: 349: 342:Indian law stubs 290: 283: 276: 248: 247: 241: 231: 230: 217: 211: 210:, Indian Kanoon. 205: 90:23 November 1946 33: 21: 357: 356: 352: 351: 350: 348: 347: 346: 297: 296: 295: 294: 245: 237: 235: 234: 219: 218: 214: 206: 202: 197: 155: 143: 77:Enacted by 62: 59: 54: 53: 17: 12: 11: 5: 355: 353: 345: 344: 339: 334: 329: 324: 319: 314: 309: 299: 298: 293: 292: 285: 278: 270: 267: 266: 249: 233: 232: 212: 199: 198: 196: 193: 192: 191: 186: 181: 176: 171: 166: 161: 154: 151: 142: 139: 129:in matters of 110: 109: 102: 101: 100:Act 35 of 1950 97: 96: 92: 91: 88: 84: 83: 78: 74: 73: 68: 64: 63: 61: 60: 57: 47: 46: 45: 42: 41: 35: 34: 26: 25: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 354: 343: 340: 338: 335: 333: 330: 328: 325: 323: 322:1946 in India 320: 318: 315: 313: 310: 308: 305: 304: 302: 291: 286: 284: 279: 277: 272: 271: 265: 263: 259: 255: 250: 243: 238: 228: 227: 222: 216: 213: 209: 204: 201: 194: 190: 187: 185: 182: 180: 177: 175: 172: 170: 167: 165: 162: 160: 157: 156: 152: 150: 147: 140: 138: 136: 132: 128: 124: 120: 116: 107: 103: 98: 93: 89: 85: 82: 79: 75: 72: 69: 65: 56: 52: 51: 43: 40: 36: 32: 27: 22: 19: 262:expanding it 254:law of India 251: 236: 224: 215: 203: 148: 144: 114: 113: 105: 48: 18: 312:1946 in law 301:Categories 195:References 141:Provisions 131:foreigners 95:Amended by 50:Long title 226:The Wire 153:See also 67:Citation 121:of the 108:Amended 106:Status: 87:Enacted 117:is an 256:is a 135:India 258:stub 133:in 119:Act 303:: 223:, 289:e 282:t 275:v 264:.

Index


Imperial Legislative Assembly
Long title
Act No. 31 of 1946
Imperial Legislative Assembly
Act
Imperial Legislative Assembly
Interim Government of India
foreigners
India
Illegal immigration to India
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
Indian nationality law
National Register of Citizens of India
Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 1983
Refugees in India
Overseas Citizenship of India
The Foreigners Act, 1946
"In Strident Campaign, Jammu Politicians Target Rohingya Muslim Refugees"
The Wire
law of India
stub
expanding it
v
t
e
Categories
Acts of the Imperial Legislative Council
1946 in law
Expatriates in India

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.