The Foreigners Act, 1946
6. Obligations of
masters of vessels, etc. -
(1) The master of any vessel landing or
embarking at a port in India passengers coming to or going from that port by
sea and the pilot of any aircraft landing or embarking at any place in India
passengers coming to or going from that place by air, shall furnish to such
person and in such manner as may be prescribed a return giving the prescribed
particulars with respect to any passengers or members of the crew, who are
foreigners.
(2) Any District Magistrate and any
Commissioner of Police or, where there is no Commissioner of Police, any
Superintendent of Police may, for any purpose connected with the enforcement of
this Act or any order made thereunder , require the
master of any such vessel or the pilot of any such aircraft to furnish such
information as may be prescribed in respect of passengers or members of the
crew on such vessel or aircraft, as the case may be.
(3) Any passenger on such vessel or such
aircraft and any member of the crew of such vessel or aircraft shall furnish to
the master of the vessel or the pilot of the aircraft, as the case may be, any
information required by him for the purpose of furnishing the return referred
to in sub-section (1) or for furnishing the information required under
sub-section (2).
(4) If any foreign enters India and
contravention of any provision of this Act or any order made thereunder , the prescribed authority may, within two months
from the date of such entry, direct the master of the vessel or the pilot of the
aircraft on which such entry was effected or the owner or the agent of the
owner of such vessel or aircraft, to provide, to the satisfaction of the said
authority and otherwise than at the expense of Government, accommodation on a
vessel or aircraft for the purpose of removing the said foreigner from India.
(5) The master of any vessel or the pilot of
any aircraft which is about to carry passengers from a port or place in India
to any destination outside India, or the owner or the agent of the owner of any
such vessel or aircraft shall, if so directed by the Central Government and on
tender of payment therefore at the current, rates, provide on the vessel or
aircraft accommodation to such port or place outside India, being a part or
place at which the vessel or aircraft is due to call, as the Central Government
may specify, for any foreigner ordered under Section 3 not to remain in India
and for his dependents, if any, traveling with him.
[(6) For the purposes of this section -
(a) master of
a vessel and pilot of any aircraft shall include any person
authorized by such master or pilot as the case may be, to discharge on his
behalf any of the duties imposed on him by this section;
(b) passenger
means any person not being a bona fide member of the crew, traveling or
seeking to travel on a vessel or aircraft.