R.1 .

       (1) These rules may be called the 1[Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 1950.]
       2[(2) They extend to the whole of India.]
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       1. Subs. by G.S.R. 1454, dated 20th September, 1967.
       2. Added by S.R.O. 1202, dated 2nd August, 1951.

R.2 .

In these rules, “competent authority” means any person designated by order of the Central Government to exercise all or any of the powers of competent authority under these rules.

R.3 .

       [Save as provided in Rule 4, no person proceeding from any place outside India shall enter, or attempt to enter, India by water, land or air—
       (a) unless he is in possession of a valid passport conforming to the conditions prescribed in rule 5, and
       (b) except through such port (including an airport) or other place as may be specified in this behalf by Central Government, and ports or other places specified under clause (a) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 of the Foreigners Order, 1948, shall be deemed to have been so specified.]
       Explanation.—A person entering India by water or air shall not be deemed to be proceeding from a place outside India by reason only of the fact that he has traversed extra-territorial waters or land in the course of his journey.
      

R.4 .

       The following classes of persons shall be exempted from the provisions of Rule 3:
       1[(a)***]
       (b) member of Naval, Military or Air Forces of India, entering India on duty, and members of the family of any such person when accompanying such person to India on a Government transport;
       1[(c)***]
       1[(d)***]
       2[(e)***]
       (f) person domiciled in India entering India by land or by air over the Nepalese or Bhutanese frontier;
       (g) Nepalese and Bhutanese entering India by land or by air over the Nepalese or Bhutanese frontier;
       (h) bona fide Mohemmedan pilgrims domiciled in India returning

R.5 .

       The conditions of a valid passport are—
       (i) that it shall have been issued or renewed by or on behalf of the Government of the country of which the person to whom it relates is a national, and shall be within the period of its validity;
       (ii) that it shall have affixed to it a photograph of the person to whom it relates duly authenticated by the authority issuing the passport except in the following cases:
       (a) where a child below the age of 15 years has been included in the passport of either of his parents;
       (b) where a pardanashin wife has been included in the passport of her husband and is travelling with her husband;
       (c) where a pardanashin woman has been granted a separate passport for herself only—

R.5(a) .

       Any diplomatic, consular or passport authority referred to in 2[clause (iv), clause (iv-A), clause (iv-B) or clause (iv-C)] of Rule 5 may, at any time and without assigning any reason make an order that the endorsement by way of visa 3[made on a passport] shall be of no effect and may for this purpose require the production of the passport before it and cancel the visa endorsement made thereon.]
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       1. Ins. by S.R.O. 1627, dated 12th July, 1956.
       2. Subs. by G.S.R. 1208, dated 6th November, 1980.
       5. Subs. by G.S.R. 1367, dated 12th October, 1962.

R.6 .

       Any person who—
       (a) contravenes or abets the contravention of the provisions of Rule 3, or
       (b) does, or attempts to do, any act in contravention of any condition prescribed under sub-rule (2) of Rule 4, 1[or]
       2[(c) enters or attempts to enter, India on a forged passport or visa,]
       3[shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, or with both].
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       1. Added vide S.O. 1794, dated 18th July, 1960.
       2. Ins. by S.O. 1794, dated 18th July, 1960.
       3. Subs. by G.S.R. 322(E), dated 2nd May