The Foreigners Act 1940, 2 of 1940, (Rep., Act 31 of 1946)

Section 9. _

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

9. (1) Any authority empowered by or under or in power to give effect `to` orders, pursuance of the provisions of this Act to give any direc. ireotions, etc. tion or to exercise any other power, may, in addition to effect `to` orders, any 5 . . `[ACT` 11 any other action expressly provided for in this Act, take; or causeto be taken, such steps and use, or cause to beased, such force as may, in its opinion, be reasonably necessary for securing compliance with such direction or for preventing or rectifying any breach, thereof, or for the effective exercise of such power, as the case may be. (2) Any police officer may take such steps and use such force as may, in his opinion, be remonalily necessary for securing compliance with any order made or direction given under orin pursuance of the provisions of this Act or for preventing or rectifying any breach of such order or direction. (3) The power conferred by this section shall be deemed to confer upon any person acting in exercise thereof a right of access to any land or other properby' whatsoever. power `t~` dolo- `10.` Any authority upon which any power to make or gate authority. give any direction, consent or permission or to do any other act is co~lferred by this Act or by any order made iihereunder may, unless express provision is made to the contrary, in writing authorise, conditionally or otherwise, any authority subordinate to it to exercise such power on its behalf, and thereupon the said subordinate authority shall, subject to such conditions as may be contained in the authorisation, be deemedto be the authority upon which such p~wer is conferred by or under this Act. IB%kt `t,` ,,h,, abets, or attempts to abet, or does any act preparatory 11. (1) Any person who attempts to contravene, or Of Act* eta. to, a contravention of, the provisions of this Act or 'of -any order made or direction given thereunder, or fails `to` comply with any direction given in pursuance of any such order, shall be deemed to have' contravened the provisions of this Act. (2) Any person who, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that any other person h&s contravened the provisions of this.Act or of any order made or direction given thereunder; gives .that other person any assistance with intent thereby to prevent, hinder or otherwise interfere with his arrest, trial or punishment for the said contravention, shall be. deemed to have . . abetted that contr&vcntioi~. (3) The `6` ,.. ~ . . z.. ( ( ! ) !\ i .? 1 q. :.: , .>. :;I `42 :i ..:;,` .%> 4 `3` ; ,.,. *!.. .; *,&, ") `r..` , *\. ; . 7 3 \ t - , 1110f1864. XVI of 1939. I `of` `1030.` (3) The master of any vessel or the pilot of any airoraft, as tho casdmay be, by moans of whioh any foreigner enters or leaves British India in oontravention of any order made under, or directionbgiven in puramnce of, section 3 shall, unless he proves that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the said contravention, be deemed to have contravened this Act. ~ `12.` If any person contravenes the provisions of this PenalMea. Act or of any order made thereunder, or any direction given in pursuance of this Act or such order, he shall be punished with imprisonment for `ct` term which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine ; and if such person has entered into a bond in pursuance of clause ($) of sub-section (2) of section 3, his bond shall be {orfeitod, and any person bound thereby shall pay the penalty thereof, or show cause to the satisfa~t~inn of the convioting Court why such penalty should not be paid.

Source: India Code