(1)

A civil authority may require the master of the vessel or pilot of the aircraft in which a foreigner has arrived or the owners or agents of that vessel or aircraft, as may be appropriate in the opinion of such civil authority, to remove a foreigner who has been refused permission to enter or who has entered India without its permission [or who has been landed in contravention of sub-rule (3)] [Inserted by G.S.R. 836, dated 18.9.1958.] and the master, pilot, owner or agent, as the case may be, shall comply with such requisition, unless it is received more than two months after the date of the arrival of the foreigner in India.

(2)

The master of a vessel or the pilot of an aircraft, scheduled to call at any port outside India, shall, if so required by the Central Government, receive a foreigner in respect of whom an order directing that he shall not remain in India has been made, and his dependents, if any, on board the vessel or aircraft, as the case may be, and afford him and them a passage to that port and proper accommodation and maintenance during the passage.

(3)

[ The master of any vessel or the pilot of any aircraft shall not, without the permission of the civil authority, land at any port in India any person travelling by that vessel or aircraft against the wishes of such person, unless such person has been required by the Central Government to be brought to India.

(4)

Nothing contained in the Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 1957, shall preclude the operation and application of the provision of sub-paragraph (3)] [Inserted by G.S.R. 547, dated 30.3.1971.].

[6-A. Liability of master of vessel or country representative or station manager of airline to provide information. [Substituted by Notification No. G.S.R. 56(E), dated 24.1.2008 (w.e.f. 1.4.2008).]

- The master of a vessel or country representative or station manager of an airline, as the case may be, arriving or landing in India, shall provide the following information about the passengers on board and crew, in electronic form, within fifteen minutes of leaving or taking off of the vessel or aircraft from the port of embarkation outside India, to the immigration authority on the ports of arrival or landing in India, namely:

(i) flight information:

(a) airline carrier code and flight number;

(b) departure airport;

(c) scheduled departure date and time;

(d) arrival airport;

(e) scheduled arrival date and time;

(ii) passenger information:

(a) last name;

(b) first name;

(c) middle name;

(d) gender;

(e) date of birth;

(f) nationality;

(iii) journey information:

(a) journey start airport;

(b) destination airport;

(c) passenger name record locator;

(iv) travel document information:

(a) document type;

(b) document number;

(c) expiry date; and

(d) country of issue.