The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025
Central · 2025
- S. 1Short title and commencement.
- S. 2Definitions.
- S. 3Requirement of passport or other travel document and visa.
- S. 4Immigration posts for entry or exit.
- S. 5Bureau of Immigration.
- S. 6Registration of foreigners.
- S. 7Power to issue orders, directions or instructions.
- S. 8Obligation of keeper of accommodation and others to furnish particulars.
- S. 9Obligation of Universities and Educational Institutions.
- S. 10Obligation of hospital, nursing home or any other medical institution.
- S. 11Visit to Protected or Restricted area or Prohibited places.
- S. 12Change of name of foreigner in India.
- S. 13Foreigners whose movements are restricted.
- S. 14Power to control places frequented by foreigners.
- S. 15Foreigner who is national of more than one foreign country.
- S. 16Burden of proof.
- S. 17Obligation of carriers and like.
- S. 18Liability of carrier to pay penalty.
- S. 19Liability of carriers for passengers brought into India.
- S. 20Contravention or attempts to contravene provisions of Act.
- S. 21Penalty for entry without valid passport or other travel document.
- S. 22Penalty for using or supplying forged or fraudulently obtained passport or other travel document and visa.
- S. 23Penalty for contraventions of other provisions of this Act.
- S. 24Penalty for abetment.
- S. 25Compounding of certain offences.
- S. 26Power to arrest.
- S. 27Power to give effect to orders, directions, and like.
- S. 28Power to delegate authority.
- S. 29Power of removal.
- S. 30Power to make rules.
- S. 31Rules to be laid Before Parliament.
- S. 32Protection of action taken in good faith.
- S. 33Power to exempt in certain cases.
- S. 34Application of other laws not barred.
- S. 35Power to remove difficulties.
- S. 36Repeal and saving.