View All - 1971 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances PASSPORT (REGULATION) AND EXIT PERMITMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Passport (Regulation) and Exit Permit Act, No. 53 of 1971, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Notification published" in the Gazette.2. This Act to prevail over other written law. 3. Discretion of competent authority to Issue passports and emergency certificates. 4. Cancellation, suspension or restriction of validity of passport or emergency certificate. 5. Period of validity of passports and emergency certificates. 6. Issue of diplomatic passports and their period of validity. 7. Countries which may be visited on passports and emergency certificates 8. Restriction on number of journeys. 9. Fees for the issue and renewal of passports, diplomatic passports and emergency certificates 10. Exit permits 11. Prohibition of the sale or issue of tickets for travel out of Ceylon, without exit permits. 12. Issue of exit permits to persons seeking employment abroad; 13. Restriction of passport where exit permit is issued. 14. Agreement to remit foreign exchange to Ceylon by persons leaving Ceylon. 15. Terms applicable to passports and emergency certificates of citizens of Ceylon in foreign countries. 16. Power of the Minister to issue directions 17. Refusal or cancellation of passport, emergency certificate, &c. 18. Offences. 19. Prosecutions 20. Compounding of offences. 21. Regulations. 22. Interpretation.