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3(i)]MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRSNOTIFICATIONNew Delhi, the 7th September, 2015
G.S.R. 685(E).-ln
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:I.

(I) These rules may be called the Passport (Entry into India) Amendment Rules, 2015.

2.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
In the Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 1950, in rule 4, in sub-rule (I), after clause (h), the following
clause shall be inserted, namely:"(ha) persons belonging to minority communities in Bangladesh and Pakistan, namely, Hindus, Sikhs,
Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who were compelled to seek shelter in India due to religious
persecution or fear of religious persecution and entered into India on or before the 31 st December,2014(i)without valid documents including passport or other travel documents; or(ii)with valid documents including passport or other travel document and the validity of
any of such documents has expired:

Provided that provision of this clause shall take effect from the date of publication of this notificationin the Official Gazette."[F. No. 25022/50/20 15-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
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['lWT Il-"@US 3(i)]ORDER
New Delhi, the 7th September, 2015
G.S.R.686(E).-ln
exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 (31 of 1946), theCentral Government hereby makes the following order further to amend the Foreigners Order, 1948, namely:L(I) This Order may be called the Foreigners (Amendment) Order, 2015.
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2.

In the Foreigners Order, 1948, after paragraph 3, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:"3A. Exemption of certain class of foreigners.- (I) Persons belonging to minority communities in
Bangladesh and Pakistan, namely, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who werecompelled to seek shelter in India due to religious persecution or fear of religious persecution andentered into India on or before the 31 st December, 2014(a)without valid documents including passport or other travel documents and who havebeen exempted under rule 4 from the provisions of rule 3 of the Passport (Entry intoIndia) Rules, 1950, made under section 3 of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920
(34 of 1920); or(b)with valid documents including passport or other travel document and the validity of
any of such documents has expired,

are hereby granted exemption from the application of provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946 and theorders made thereunder in respect of their stay in India without such documents or after the expiry of
those documents, as the case may be, from the date of publication of this order in the Official
Gazette."[F. No. 25022/50/2015-F.l]

G. K. DWIVEDI, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal. Order was published in the Gazette of India vide No.9/9/46-PoliticalFebruary, 1948 and last amended vide number GSR 56(E), dated the 24th January, 2008.

(EW), dated the 14th

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