Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
XV. No person shall reside at the Settleillent of Port Blair or any License far rcsidillg other Settlement as aforesaid beyond the period of 01:s the Seltkment. month, or after the departure of the vessel by which hc was conveyed t o such Settlement, except he shall hold a license granted by some person enlpomered in that behalf by the Governor-General of India in Council ; and any person who shall so reside without such license shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five hundred Rupees. Such person may be required to reinove himself from the Settlenlent in which he shall be with-in such tirne as the Superintendent or other Officer appointed as provided in Section I of this Act shall direct, and if he shall fail so to do he shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five hundred Rupees, and may further be shipped and removed froin the Settlelazent by any vessel that the Superintendent or other Officer aforesaid shall appoint for that purpose.
Source: India Code