 bill no  civ  of 2006 the registration of foreigners (amendment) bill, 2006 a billfurther to amend the registration of foreigners act, 1939be  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the registration of foreigners (amendment) act, 2006(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint16 of 1939amendment of section 32 in the registration of foreigners act, 1939, (hereinafter referred to as the principalact), in section 3, in sub-section (1), clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall be omittedamendment of section 63 in the principal act, in section 6 after the proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:—"provided further that the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, impose such restrictions on the movement of certain class of foreigners as may be necessaryprovided also that a copy of such notification shall be placed on the table of each house of parliament as soon as it is published" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsaccording to a report, india has been ranked the fourth most travelled destination in a group of hundred countries in the world this high ranking among travellers reflects the attraction of our country to foreigners but unfortunately, the number is not very high as compared to many other countries according to world tourism organization, 33 lakh tourists visited india in 2004 in the same year, china had over 4 crore tourists and thailand had around 1 crore the inflow of tourist reflects proportionately on the revenue earned from tourism by our country it is abysmally low as compared to other countries our coutnry despite its size and diversity is lagging far behind the other asian countries let alone european destinations similar trends are visible in foreign investments according to world bank, our country ranked 134 among 175 countries for doing business our asian counterparts like china, hong kong, singapore have developed as world's favourite investment countries one of the main reasons for india poor performance in tourism and fdi is its rigid and harassing laws for foreigners keen on visiting our country the foreigners visiting our country on their arrival realize that they are in a system which is hostile to outsiders the old legislation on registration of foreigners and rules made under it make it necessary for foreigners to report their passport and visa details to the foreigners registration office (fro)/foreigners regional registration office (frro) within 14 days of their arrival on six months visa if a foreigner is staying with his friends,  his particulars have to be reported to the nearest police station such draconian measures are sure to put off tourists besides being out of place in today's liberalized environment for investments in most of the developed countries, there is no such law and the foreigners are allowed to move freely in those countries when a foreigner arrives in our country, his details are entered at the immigration counter of the airport and the same is repeated when he leaves the country which should be sufficient there is no need for a separate registrationno doubt, foreigners of certain class in our neighbourhood require to be dealt with utmost caution in view of the militancy and disturbance on our borders but for this there should not be general provisions for all foreigners for this class there can be a separate provision under the act and they can be taken care by the police and intelligence agencies of the government the bonafide foreigners should not be put to unnecessary inconvenience therefore, it is proposed to amend the relevant provisions of the foreigners registration act, 1939hence this billkalraj mishra annexure extracts from the registration of foreigners act, 1939   power to make rules3 (i) the central government may after previous publication, by notification in the official gazette, make rules with respect to foreigners for any or all of the following purposes, that is to say—(a)for requiring any foreigner entering, or being present in, [india] to report hispresence to a prescribed authority within such time and in such manner and with such particulars as may be prescribed;(b)for requiring any foreigner moving from one place to another place in [india] to report, on arrival at such other place, his presence to a prescribed authority within such time and in such manner and with such particulars as may be prescribed;(c)for requiring any foreigner who is about to leave [india] to report the date of his intended departure and such other particulars as may be prescribed to such authority and within such period before departure as may be prescribed;(d)for requiring any foreigner entering, being present in, or departing from, [india]to produce, on demand by a prescribed authority, such proof of his identity as may be prescribed;(e)for requiring any person having the management of any hotel, boarding-house, sarai or any other premises of like nature to report the name of any foreigner residing therein for whatever duration, to a prescribed authority within such time and in such manner and with such particulars as may be prescribed;(f)for requiring any person having the management or control of any vessel or aircraft to furnish to a prescribed authority such information as may be prescribed regarding any foreigner entering, or intending to depart from [india], in such vessel or aircraft, and to furnish to such authority such assistance as may be necessary or prescribed for giving effect to this act;(g)for providing for such other incidental or supplementary matters as may appear to the central government necessary or expedient for giving effect to this act    rajya  sabha———— a bill further to amend the registration of foreigners act, 1939————(shri kalraj mishra,  mp)mgipmrnd—1207rs(s-5)—16032007