In proposed immigration law: Tougher rules & specific roles

The projected authorities volition regenerate the existing laws — the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920; the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939; the Foreigners Act, 1946; and the Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act, 2000.

The projected authorities is to beryllium enacted to confer upon the Central authorities definite powers to supply for the request of passports oregon different question documents successful respect of radical entering and exiting India and for regulating matters related to foreigners.

According to the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, it provides for matters relating to immigration, namely the functions of migration officers, the request of passports and visas and different matters.

It volition specify the matters relating to foreigners and their registration, the provisions relating to the work of universities and acquisition institutions admitting immoderate foreigner, the work of hospitals, nursing homes oregon immoderate different aesculapian instauration admitting foreigners.

The Bill volition person provisions relating to foreigners whose movements are restricted, the powerfulness of civilian authorization to power places frequented by foreigners, the provisions relating to the liability of carriers and its obligations, the offences and punishment for contravention of definite provisions of the projected authorities and the creation of offences.

The powerfulness of the Central authorities to contented orders for the removal of foreigners, to delegate and exempt volition beryllium specified by the Bill.

Currently, matters relating to foreigners and migration are administered done the Foreigners Act, 1946 (31 of 1946) and the Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act, 2000, (52 of 2000).

The Foreigners Act of 1946 was enacted to confer upon the Central authorities definite powers successful respect of foreigners.

The Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act, 2000 was enacted to marque the carriers liable successful respect of passengers brought by them into India successful contravention of the provisions of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 (34 of 1920) and the rules made thereunder and matters connected therewith.

The different applicable Acts relating to foreigners and migration are the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 and the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939, (16 of 1939).

These 2 Acts were enacted to instrumentality powerfulness to necessitate passports of persons entering India; and to supply for the registration of foreigners successful India.

The acts, namely the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939, and the Foreigners Act, 1946, are not lone of the pre-Constitution play but also, they were brought into bonzer times of archetypal and 2nd satellite wars. While determination is an underlying continuity and commonality of objectives among the 4 Acts, determination are immoderate overlapping provisions among the said laws.”

In presumption of the reasons mentioned successful the preceding paragraphs, determination is simply a necessity to repeal each the aforesaid 4 Acts and to enact a caller broad legislation, namely the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025,” the Statement of Objects and Reasons says. With PTI