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THE IMMIGRANTS (EXPULSION FROM ASSAM) ACT, 1950 |
THE IMMIGRANTS (EXPULSION FROM ASSAM) ACT, 1950
NO.X OF 1950
An Act to provide for the expulsion of certain immigrants from Assam.
[ 1st March, 1950 ]
BE it enacted by Parliament as follows :–
1.Short title and extent.- (1) This Act may be called the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
2.Power to order expulsion of certain immigrants.- If the Central Government is of opinion that any person or class of persons, having been ordinarily resident in any
place outside India, has or have, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, come into Assam and that the stay of such person or class of persons in
Assam is detrimental to the interests of the general public of India or of any section thereof or of any Schedule Tribe in Assam, the Central Government may by order
—
(a) direct such person or class of persons to remove himself or themselves from India or Assam within such time and by such route as may be specified in the order;
and
(b) give such further directions in regard to his or their removal from India or Assam as it may consider necessary or expedient:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any person who on account of civil disturbances or the fear of such disturbances in any area now forming part of
Pakistan has been displaced from or has left his place of residence in such area and who has been subsequently residing in Assam.
3.Delegation of power.- The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the powers and duties conferred or imposed on it by section
2 shall, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification, be exercised or discharged also by—
(a) any officer subordinate to the Central Government;
(b) the Government of Assam or any officer subordinate to that Government.
4.Power to give effect to orders, etc.- Any authority empowered by or in pursuance of the provisions of this Act to exercise any power may, in addition to any other
action expressly provided for in this Act, take or cause to be taken such steps, and sue or cause to be used force, as may in its opinion be reasonably necessary for
the effective exercise of such power.
5.Penalties.- Any person who—
(a) contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of any order made under section 2, or
(b) fails to comply with any direction given by any such order, or
(c) harbours any person who has contravened any order made under section 2 or has failed to comply with any direction given by any such order,
shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
6.Protection to persons acting under this Act.- No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or
intended to be done under this Act.
7.Repeal and saving.- (1) The Undesirable Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Ordinance, 1950 (I of 1950) is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken in the exercise of any power conferred by or under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have
been done or taken in the exercise of the powers conferred by or under this Act, as if this Act were in force on the day on which such thing was done or action was
taken.
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