 to txm passports (amendment) bill, 1978 (1:0 be/as introduced in wk sabha)1 page 2, against line 21,-in the marginal citation -for "1998" ~ "1898 11 2 page 2, line :15,'4 for 'renewal" t ~ i renewaj t new delhi; march 8 ,19~ phajoguna 17 , ~99 (saka)  ~ " 'bm no 31 of t978 , til h it, r' the 'passports (amendmfint) bill, 1978a <  billto amend the passp<rrts act, 1967 ,1k i~t)lli~ct~ by parliament in the twenty-ninth year of the rep'lblic of lmdia, as follows:,-1 this act may be called the passports (amendment) act, 1978 short titt;  2 in section 5 of the passports act, 1967  (hereinafter , r •• red to ii ameild 5 tpe principal act) jmebt fit , " ,' section the following sub-secttortb shall be 5 (a) for sub-section (1), ,~swvtedt nam~y:-":"', 1 , (1) an application for the issue at a passport under this act fgrvilitmg such fore~8d country ~r ;cqudtri~ (not being a 10 named foreigbcountr,),  may be specified in the ,~pplication 'tnay be " made to the passport8uthority and shall ,be accom· panied1by'a tee of rupees fifty ,,~fanation--in -this ectign~ "named foreign, country" - i memu', i saoh 'foreign 'oguntry as the oentral ;gqvemment may, 15  by ules made under this act, specify in tlus ~hau (la) an application for the issue of-(i) a passport under this act for visiting a named forejgn country; or (ii) a travel document under this act, for visiting such foreign country or countries (including a named fore-5 ign 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 10 be prescribed , (lb) every application under this section shall be in such form and coll'tain such particulars as may be prescrihed'; (b) in sub-section (2), in the opening paragraph, after the words "an application", the words "under this section" shall be inserted 15 5 of 1898 2 of 1974 amendment of section 13 3 in section 13 of the principal act, in sub-section (2), for the words and figures "section 61 of the code of criminal procedure, 1898", the words and figures "section 57 of the code of criminal procedure, 1973" shall be substituted 5 of 1998 4 in section 14 of the principal act, in sub-section (2), for the 20 words and figures "code of criminal procedure, 1898", the words and figures "code of critninal procedure, 1973" spall be substituted 2 of 19'14 amendment of section 14 a in section 23 of the principal act,-(a) the words and figures "the f'oreign exchange regulation act, 1947" shall be omitted; 25 7 of 1947 amendment of section 23 (b) after the words, brackets and figures "the foreigners law (application and amendment) act, 1962", the words and fllures 42 of 1962 "the foreign exchange regulation act, 1973" shall be inserted 46 of 1973 6 in section 24 of the printipal' act,-(d) in sub-section (2),-30 amend  ment of section' 2«' (i) after clause (e), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-" (ee) specifying the foreign country for the purposes of the explanation to sub-section (1) of section 5;"; (ii) in clause (1), 10r the words "issue or renewal of a pass- 35  port", the words, brackets, figures and letter "issue or renewal" of a passport for visiting a foreign country referred to in subsection (la) of section ~ shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (3), for the words "in two successive seoronlj and if,before the expiry of the session in which it is so 40 laid i)r the 'session immediately following", the warda "in two or more successive sessions and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid" shall be substituted transitional provision 7 where any application for the issue or renewal of a passport is 5 made to the passport authority on or after the date of introduction of the passports (amendment) bill, 1978 in parliament but before the date on which the bill ,as passed by the houses -of parliament receives the 8$sent of the president, the applicant shall be required as from the commencement of this act to pay iri respect of such application the 10 difference between the f~e payable under section 5 of the principal act, as amended by this act and the amount already paid by him towards fee under the said section as it stood immediately before $uch amendment se,ct~on 5(1), of the passports act, 1967 provides that all applic~tiont fpr the i~ue of' a p~sport shall be in such form, contain ,such f)artic41¥s anc! be accompanied by such fee (if any) not exceeding ru~s tw~nty,'7ftve as may be prescribed presently, the fee payable in, 'respect of a passport (valid for five years from the date of issue) is r'upees twenty-five, being the maximum prescribed under the act   , ,from 1st june, 1960 until december 1974 the fee for an ordinary passport remained unchanged at rupees fifteen the passports were then valid for only three years the fee was revised from 1st december, 1971 to rupees twenty-five' and at the same time, the period of validity of the passport was increased from three to five years thus, since 1st june, 1960, for a period of seventeen and a half years, the fee has remained constant at rupees five per annum: :-::~ '1:'he cost of providing passport services in india has gone up in these years owing not only to increas2s in salaries and allowances of the personnel employed in passport offices but also due to the increase in accommodation charges and increase in the cost of equipment and services"wbich,the parport offices need simn8l'ly, the oost ot providing passport services abroad has also ~eued sharply owing to inbation in foreign countries the fee fixed under the passports rules, 1967 is charged from riery indian citizen whether the application is made in india or abroad' at presen":, there are nine regional fassport offices of these, some cover more than one state and vt!try large areas for example, the regional passport office in delhi covers jammu and kashmir, delhi and rajasthan, the office in lucknow co\lletrs uttar pradesh and madhya pradesh the office in calcutta covers westben~al, orissa and au the northeastern states, and the madras office covers both tamil n adu and karna'taka in order to provide a bettetr service to the public in the states which do not have a p~t office, it would be necessary to open more regional passport offices for the ®ove reasons, it is considered neoessary to increase the fee in respect of a passport for vic;iting foreign cou1'ltries, other than a foreign country ito be specified by rules, from rupees twjenty-five to rupees flfty and the fee thus increased will also cover the postall,charges for despatching the passport by registered post to the applicant " in respec~ of a passport for visiting a foreign country to be specifled by' rules the fee will be at such rate not exceeding the maximum mentioned in the legislation it is also proposed to specify that a person who makes an application on or after the dat~ of introduction of the bill in parliament for 1he issue or renewal of a passport will be required to pay, after the bui become law, the difference between the fee as approved in the legillation and the tee already paid by him opportunity is  being taken to amend the relevant sections in the act-  , (ii) to m/lke re~re~ tq the code of crimtnal procedure~ j973 ~' the fqrei~ ~cll8l)ge ~gulation 'act, '1973 since the ~lief \:;; laws: on, the su'bseetj)i4v'e b~n repealed; and "i; i ~ f imidifyjrl' 'tm me'laying fannua inillg, il s'cia-', ' ~,,, u1f~~iri' uoa- 01 the om itaiae on ~ nate t,hq~nj the bill seeks to achieve the above objects new delhi; atal bihar! vajpa~ee the 24th february, 1978 , clause 6 'seeks 'to, amend sec~ion 24' (iof th~, p~rtj~ act,' :i~~7 ~lat­ing to rule-making powers, of the centt&l go~eri1p)ent to, ipecfly by rules the foreign country for the purposes of the explanation to subl8etion, (a)' of lieetion 5 and i~ amount ""f:payable tn·respect of an apptieatlon for a pul t or' travel' ~ il'hu is a' 'matter ~ 4etau and l\s 9\lch the delegation of power is of a nonnal i th  , ' i , i '>/ ', i - - 5 (1) an application for the issue of a passport or tr"vall rdocument under this act, or fo(" an endorsement on such passport or travel document, for visiting such foreign country or countries as may be specified in ~ applicatiojl ~y be ~de to ~he pas6~ autho,rit,y land shall be in' such form, , contain u~~ prticulars and be accom~~ by such fee (if any) not exceedirig rupees iw;enty-five; as ',play ~ appllca tion8 for pal8porta, travel documents, etc, imd orders thereon pre~cri'bed                                              i,': ! '                                                                           'i i                                                                               : :    (2f on'r'eclrlptof an appucation, the/passport authority, after'm~king s\lch inquiry; if any, as it piay consider necessary, shal1,'subje(!t to the obler provisions of this act, by or4er in writing,-                                                               'i"                                                                                                       '/      (a) issue the passport or travel docum:ent wlt'h epdorsement or, as the case ma~be,ritake' on the'passpott dt travel 'dociltnent't'he endorsement, in respect of the foreign country or countries specified in the application; or   -                                                      -                                                       -                                                                            - 13 (1)                     -                                                                                                         -                                                                                    power to arrest 5 of 1898 (2) every officer making an arrest under this section shal\ without unnecessary delay, take or send the person arrested before a magistrate having jurisdiction in the case or to the officer in charge of the ne~est police station and the provisions of section 61 of the code of criminal procedure, 1898, shall, so far - may be, apply in the case ot any such arrest -  - - - 14 (1)                                                               -                                                             -                                                                                  5 ot 1898 power of search and 8eizure     (2) the provisions of the code of criminal procedure, 1898, relating to searcbeij and seizures shall, so far as may be, apply to searrhes and seizures under this section        -                        -                                                               -                                                                                     - act to be in addition to certain enact-ment8 3ot 1920 7 of 1922 16 ot 1939 31 ot llk6 7 of 1947 160t 1947 420t 1882    23 the provisions of ithis act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of the passport                                                               (entry into india) act, 1920, the emigration act, 1922, the registration of foreigners act, 1939, the foreigners ~ct, 1946, the foreign exchange regulation act, 1947, the trading with the enemy (continuance of emergency provisions) act, 1947, the foreigners law (application and amendment) act, 1962, and other enactments relating to foreigners and foreign exchange rule • (2) in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for au or any 01 the following matters, namely:-- - - - - (j) the fees payable in respect of' any appiication for the issue or 1"wlewal of a passport ott;b~l'locument or for varying any endinement or making a fresh endorsement on a passpoj;t or a travel document and the fees payable in respect of any appeal under ihiij' aac!t; - - - - '(3f!\l'ery r'ule',m&ae under this act shall be ,taid' as soon 'is may ~ ~r"lt' is made, defore ~ach house of pa:tft1'artlietlt \'lihue it is'lnsessfo\'! tol' a 't()ta1 period 01 'thitty days whith may be c6mpri!~ in' ope'sessl'dtl or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the' 'setj$ton 'tn which it ii so laid or the session immediately followin~, both houses ',reein maldrtg' any modiftcation in the rule or botl! houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall/thereafter have eifect only in such modi~d form or be of no etlect, as the case inay be; so how'" ever, that ajl)' s~h modification or annulment shall be without preju-~e to the va1i~ty of anything previously done under that rule  - - - -  a i1ui rder ,ba etjoqua4! tnb bmma ot 