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	The Act defines a foreigner as ”a person who is not a citizen of ~~India”~~. Section 9 of the Act states that, where the nationality of a person is not evident as per preceding section 8, the onus of proving whether a person is a foreigner or not, shall lie upon such person. According to the Foreigners (Report to the police) Order, 2001, made under the Foreigners Act 1946, where any person who has reason to believe that a foreigner has entered India without valid documents or is staying in India beyond the authorized period of stay accommodates such a foreigner in a premises occupied, owned or controlled by him, for whatever purpose, it shall be the duty of such a person to inform the nearest police station, within 24 hours, of the presence of such foreigner.<ref name=foreigner1>[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27376/ The Foreigners Act, 1946], Indian Kanoon.</ref>		The Act defines a foreigner as "a person who is not a citizen of India". Section 9 of the Act states that, where the nationality of a person is not evident as per preceding section 8, the onus of proving whether a person is a foreigner or not, shall lie upon such person. According to the Foreigners (Report to the police) Order, 2001, made under the Foreigners Act 1946, where any person who has reason to believe that a foreigner has entered India without valid documents or is staying in India beyond the authorized period of stay accommodates such a foreigner in a premises occupied, owned or controlled by him, for whatever purpose, it shall be the duty of such a person to inform the nearest police station, within 24 hours, of the presence of such foreigner.<ref name=foreigner1>[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27376/ The Foreigners Act, 1946], Indian Kanoon.</ref>

	The Foreigners Act empowers the Indian government to detain a person until deportation back to their country of origin.<ref>{{citation \|title=In Strident Campaign, Jammu Politicians Target Rohingya Muslim Refugees \|url=https://thewire.in/106280/jammu-rohingya-muslim-myanmar-refugee \|work=[[The Wire]] \|date=7 February 2017 }}</ref>		The Foreigners Act empowers the Indian government to detain a person until deportation back to their country of origin.<ref>{{citation \|title=In Strident Campaign, Jammu Politicians Target Rohingya Muslim Refugees \|url=https://thewire.in/106280/jammu-rohingya-muslim-myanmar-refugee \|work=[[The Wire (India)\|The Wire]] \|date=7 February 2017 }}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{Infobox legislation
| imagesize = 150
| image = Star-of-India-gold-centre.svg
| long_title = An Act to confer upon the Central Government certain powers in respect of foreigners
| citation = [https://indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2259/3/A1946-31.pdf Act No. 31 of 1946]
| enacted_by = [[Imperial Legislative Assembly]]
| date_enacted = 23 November 1946
| amended_by = Act 35 of 1950
| status = amended
}}
'''The Foreigners Act, 1946''' is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Imperial Legislative Assembly]] enacted to grant the certain powers to the [[Interim Government of India]] in matters of [[Alien (law)|foreigners]] in [[India]]. The Act was enacted before India became independent.

==Provisions==
The Act defines a foreigner as ”a person who is not a citizen of India”. Section 9 of the Act states that, where the nationality of a person is not evident as per preceding section 8, the onus of proving whether a person is a foreigner or not, shall lie upon such person. According to the Foreigners (Report to the police) Order, 2001, made under the Foreigners Act 1946, where any person who has reason to believe that a foreigner has entered India without valid documents or is staying in India beyond the authorized period of stay accommodates such a foreigner in a premises occupied, owned or controlled by him, for whatever purpose, it shall be the duty of such a person to inform the nearest police station, within 24 hours, of the presence of such foreigner.<ref name=foreigner1>[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27376/ The Foreigners Act, 1946], Indian Kanoon.</ref>

The Foreigners Act empowers the Indian government to detain a person until deportation back to their country of origin.<ref>{{citation |title=In Strident Campaign, Jammu Politicians Target Rohingya Muslim Refugees |url=https://thewire.in/106280/jammu-rohingya-muslim-myanmar-refugee |work=[[The Wire]] |date=7 February 2017 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Illegal immigration to India]]
* [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019]]
* [[Indian nationality law]]
* [[National Register of Citizens of India]]
* [[Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 1983]]
* [[Illegal immigration to India]]

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