29 tal-1990

L.N. 29 or 1990

PASSPORTS ORDlNANCE(CA P. 61 )

Passport (Amendmenl) Regulations, 1990

IN exeTClSe of the powers conferred by 5Cction 9 of the Passports

Ordinance, the Ministe r o f Foreign Affai rs has made the following

Tegu lations:-

I. (I) These regulations may be cited as the Passport

(Ame ndment) Regul atio ns. 1990 and sha ll be read and construed as one

with the Passport Regula tions, 1962, hereinafter referred to 115 "the

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principal regulations

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(2) These: regulations sballcome into fora: on the 1st Mar<:h ,

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[n para graph (2) o f regulatio n 2 o f the principal regulations. for

the wo rds ~$C:Ction 29" there shall be substituted the words "section 28 H .

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In paragraph (1) of regulation 4 o f tile principal regulations the

words from ~ Where the appliean t is a personH to ~ ror the said period of

two years. H shall be dele ted.

For regulation 9 of the principal regulations the re shall be s..botit", ••

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subst ituted the following:-

(I) Passports issued by the Passport Office r $hall,

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:~ subject. to the provisions of regulation 7 of these

.nd,~ ...... t regulal1ons:-

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(i) be valid for a period often years from th e datt

o f issue for pe rsons who are six teen years of age and

o ve r;

(ii) be valid for a period of five years from th e

date o f iss ue for minors who are ten years o f age but who

have not yet ottained their sixteenth birthday;

(iii) be va lid for a period of two years from the

dale of issue fo r minors who have not allained the ir te nth

birt hday

Provided that the Passport Officer may. at his

discretion, specify in any such passports a shorter period of

validity.

(2) Wh ere a passport has been issued for a period

shorter Iha n thatspccified in paragraph (I) of this regulation,

it may be elltended for the re mainder of the specified period.

(3) Passports issued befo re the first day of March ,

1990. may, on application by the bolder thereof to the

Passport Officer on a form known as Form E. obtainable

from the Passport OffiCer, be renewed fo r a furthe r period of

five years from (he datc o f its original expiry

Provided that in no case shall the validily o f any such

passport be extended beyond Icn years from t hcoriginaJ date

of issue.

(4) On the expi ry of the validity periods as

specified in paragraph (1) o f Ihis regulation , or when there is

no further space available in the passport for endorsements or

visas for countries to which the holder intends 10 n avel, an

application must be made for a new passport .

When an application is made for a new

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passport and tbe old passport is produced to the Passport

Officcr, he may. at his discretion, and ifthe application form

is otlleTWise satisfactorily completed , waive the requi rements

of the production of docu me ntary evidence and of the

completion of the recommender's declaration. ",

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