**Summary:**
This document contains the Passport Amendment Rules, 2017, issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, and published in the Gazette of India on April 26, 2017. The rules, identified as G.S.R. 410(E), amend the Passport Rules of 1980 under the authority of Section 24 of the Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967). The amendment concerns Schedule III, Section V, Annexure H of the 1980 Rules, specifically adding a note stating that a Prior Intimation Letter will be accepted by the Passport Authority for processing passport applications if it bears the signature and seal of the applicant's employer, acknowledging receipt. The rules came into effect on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. The issuing authority is Arun Kumar Chatterjee, Joint Secretary, PSP & Chief Passport Officer, CPO. The original Passport Rules, 1980, were published under Notification Number G.S.R. 691(E) on December 11, 1980, and last amended under Notification Number G.S.R. 1171(E) on December 26, 2016. The file number for this notification is VI/401/11/7/2015.
Key Entities Referenced
Passports Act, 1967: A law that confers powers to the Central Government regarding passport issuance and related matters, section 24 is referenced here
Passport Rules, 1980: A set of rules pertaining to passports, which are being amended by this notification.
Passport Amendment Rules, 2017: The new rules amending the Passport Rules, 1980.
Ministry of External Affairs: The government ministry issuing the notification.
Official Gazette: The official government publication where the amended rules will be published.
Arun Kumar Chatterjee: Jt. Secy. PSP Chief Passport Officer CPO, signatory of the notification.
New Delhi: The location of the Ministry of External Affairs, India and place of publication.
Prior Intimation Letter: A document under Annexure H, Schedule III, Section V, that shall be accepted by the Passport Authority for processing the passport application.
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सा.का.िन.410(अ).— पासपोट(cid:6981) अिधिनयम, 1967 (1967 का 15) क(cid:7409) धारा 24 (cid:7367)ारा (cid:7079)द(cid:7275) शि(cid:7334)य(cid:7298) का (cid:7079)योग करते (cid:7263)ए क(cid:7286)(cid:7076)
सरकार एतत(cid:7367)ारा पासपोट(cid:6981) िनयम, 1980 के संशोधन के िव(cid:7021)तार म(cid:7286) िन(cid:7388) िनयम बनाती ह,ै यथा:—
1. संि(cid:6979)(cid:7385) शीष(cid:6981)क एवं लागू होने क(cid:7409) ितिथ:-
(1) इन िनयम(cid:7298) को पासपोट(cid:6981) (सशं ोधन) िनयम, 2017 कहा जाएगा ।
(2) ये िनयम राजक(cid:7409)य गज़ट म(cid:7286) इनके (cid:7079)काशन क(cid:7409) ितिथ से लागू ह(cid:7298)गे ।
2. पासपोट(cid:6981) िनयम 1980 (िज(cid:7008)ह (cid:7286) यहाँ से आगे उ(cid:7334) िनयम से संबोिधत (cid:7408)कया जाएगा) क(cid:7409) अनुसूची III के ख(cid:7003)ड V के अनुबंध ‘ज’ म(cid:7286)
िन(cid:7388)िलिखत “नोट” जोड़ा जाएगा, यथा:—
“नोट:- पासपोट(cid:6981) (cid:7079)ािधकरण (cid:7367)ारा, पासपोट(cid:6981) आवदे न ससं ािधत करन े हते ,ु पवू (cid:6981) सचू ना प(cid:7074) (इस अनबु धं के अतं गत(cid:6981) ) तभी (cid:7021)वीकार (cid:7408)कया
जाएगा य(cid:7408)द उस पर आवदे क के िनयो(cid:7334)ा (cid:7367)ारा इसक(cid:7409) (cid:7079)ाि(cid:7385) को सिू चत करत े(cid:7263)ए ह(cid:7021)ता(cid:6979)र एव ंमुहर अ(cid:7408)ं कत ह(cid:7298) ।”
[फा. सं. VI/401/1/17/2015]
अ(cid:7271)ण कुमार चटज(cid:7278), संयु(cid:7334) सिचव (पी.एस.पी.) एवं
मु(cid:6990)य पासपोट(cid:6981) अिधकारी (सी.पी.ओ.)
पाद (cid:7407)ट(cid:7009)पणी : पासपोट(cid:6981) िनयम, 1980, भारत के राजप(cid:7074) असाधारण के भाग-II, ख(cid:7003)ड-3 के उप ख(cid:7003)ड (i) म (cid:7286) अिधसूचना सं(cid:6990)या
सा.का.िन. 691(अ) के अंतग(cid:6981)त (cid:7408)दनांक 11 (cid:7408)दसंबर, 1980 को (cid:7079)कािशत (cid:7408)कए गए थे और इनम(cid:7286) अंितम संशोधन
अिधसूचना सं(cid:6990)या सा.का.िन. 1171(अ) के अंतग(cid:6981)त 26, (cid:7408)दसंबर, 2016 को (cid:7408)कया गया था ।
2778 GI/2017 (1)(cid:32)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th April, 2017
G.S.R. 410(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967), the
Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Passport Rules, 1980, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement:—
(i) These rules may be called the Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2017.
(ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Passport Rules, 1980 (herein after referred to as the said rules), in Schedule III, in Section V, in Annexure
‘H’, the following “Note” shall be inserted, namely:-
“Note : The Prior Intimation Letter (under this Annexure) shall be accepted by the Passport Authority for processing the
passport application if the same bears the signature and seal of the employer of the applicant acknowledging its receipt.”
[F. No. VI/401/1/17/2015]
ARUN KUMAR CHATTERJEE, Jt. Secy. (PSP) &
Chief Passport Officer (CPO)
Foot Note : The Passports Rules, 1980 were published vide Notification Number G.S.R. 691(E) in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated 11th December, 1980 and last amended vide
Notification Number G.S.R. 1171(E), dated 26th December, 2016.
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