Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
1. The said C. D. shall proceed forthwith to the port of [the port of embarkation].
PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
1. This Act may be called "The European Vagrancy Act, 1874:"
It extends to the whole of British India and to the Dominions of Princes and States in India in alliance with Her Majesty;
And it shall come into force at once: Provided that sections four to sixteen (both inclusive), nineteen, twenty, twenty-four and twenty-nine shall not come into force in Coorg, or in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, or in any of the dominions of the Princes and States in India in alliance with Her Majesty not situate within the limits of any Presidency, Lieutenant-Governorship or Chief Commissionership in British India, until such day or respective days as the Governor General in Council from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India, appoints in this behalf.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE.
(See section 9.)
WHEREAS E. F. of a person of European extraction and holder of this certificate, has appeared before me and satisfied me that he is not likely to become a vagrant within the meaning of the European Vagrancy Act, 1874, THESE ARE TO CERTIFY that for the space of months from the date hereof and within the Province [or District] of nothing in sections four, five, six
Evidence of declaration under section 5.
Exercise of powers conferred on Local Government.
Exercise in Native States of powers conferred on Magistrates, Justices, and Police.
Power to make rules for guidance of officers.
and seven of the same Act shall be deemed to apply to him, unless he is found asking for alms, IN WHICH CASE this certificate shall be void.
(Signed) G. H.
Dated this day of 18 .
Magistrate of Police for the Town of or Justice of the Peace for exercising the powers of a Magistrate of the class.
THE SECOND SCHEDULE.
(See section 17.)
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT made this day of 18 BETWEEN the Secretary of State for India in Council of the one part and C. D. of, &c., [the vagrant] of the other part: Each of the parties hereto (so far as relates to the acts on his own part to be performed) hereby agrees with the other of them as follows:—
Source: India Code