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3. Passport authorities. -(1) In addition to the Central Government the officers specified in Col. (2) of Sch. I shall, subject to the provisions of sub-rule (2), be the passport authorities for all purposes of the Act and these rules.

(2) An officer referred to in Col. (2) of Sch. I shall, for the purpose of issue of a passport or travel document, exercise jurisdiction in respect of applications for such issue made by persons ordinarily residing in the territories specified in corresponding entries in Col.. 3 of the said Schedule:

Provided that in exceptional and urgent cases the said officer may entertain an application for the issue of a passport or travel document from a person ordinarily residing in any other territory in India and may issue a passport or travel document to such person for a period not exceeding twelve months and transfer the application to the passport authority having jurisdiction in the territory wherein such person ordinarily resides:

Provided further that no such transfer of an application for passport under the preceding proviso shall be made if the applicant has migrated from the territory where he was originally resident with the intention of settling down in the territory within the jurisdiction of the passport authority which issued the passport under proviso.

 

 

 

 

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