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The Foreigners Act, 1946

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Citation
  
Act No. 31 of 1946

Date enacted
  
23 November 1946

Enacted by
  
Central Legislative Assembly

The Foreigners Act, 1946 is an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly enacted to grant the certain powers to Indian government in matters of foreigners in India. The Act was enacted before India became independent.

Provisions

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 preceding section 8, the onus of proving whether a person is a foreigner or not, shall lie upon such person.

According to the Foreigners (Report to 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 foreigner in a premises occupied, owned or controlled by him, for whatever purpose, it shall be the duty of such person to inform the nearest police station, within 24 hours, of the presence of such foreigner.

Foreigners Act empowers the Indian administration to detain a person until he/she is deported back to his/her own country.

References

The Foreigners Act, 1946 Wikipedia


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