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It is mandatory for Indian passport holders to surrender their passports to
the nearest Indian Mission/Post immediately after acquisition of foreign
nationality. Since the misuse of Indian passports constitute offences under
Section 12(1A) of the Passport Act 1967, which states :
“whoever, not being a citizen of
India
-
(a)
makes an application for a passport or obtain a passport by suppressing
information about his nationality, or
(b)
holds a forged passport or any
travel document
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be
less than one year but which may extend to five years and with fine which
shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty
thousand rupees”,
it has been decided to impose penalty on a graded scale for such violations
as per details given below:-
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S.No.
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Scenario
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Penalty
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Section
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01.
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Passport not surrendered up to three years and not used for travel
after obtaining foreign passport
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No Penalty
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02.
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Passport not surrendered up to three years and travelled once after
obtaining foreign passport.
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No penalty for retention of passport
but penalty of Rs.10,000
for travel on Indian passport
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12(1A)
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03.
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Passport not surrendered up to three years and travelled more than
once after obtaining foreign passport.
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No penalty for retention of passport
but penalty of Rs.10,000
for each travel on Indian passport (aggregate
penalty on travel not to exceed Rs.50,000 )
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12(1A)
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04.
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Passport not surrendered for over three years and used for travel
after obtaining foreign passport.
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Penalty of Rs.10,000 for retention of passport
and penalty of Rs.10,000
for each travel on Indian passport (aggregate
penalty on travel not to exceed Rs.50,000 )
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12(1A)
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05.
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Renewal/re-issue of Indian passport and travelling on it after
acquiring foreign nationality.
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(i)
Rs.25,000 for each
renewal/re-issue and
(ii)
Rs.10,000 on each travel on Indian passport (aggregate
penalty on travel not to exceed Rs.50,000 )
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12(1A)
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