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The Bangladesh Passport Order, 1973 (President's Order).

( PRESIDENT'S ORDER NO. 9 OF 1973 )

6. Subject to the provisions of this Order, the passport authority-
 
 
 
 
(1) may refuse to issue a passport or travel document on any one or more of the following grounds-
 
 
 
 
(a) that the applicant is not a citizen of Bangladesh;
 
 
 
 
(b) that the applicant was convicted under the Bangladesh Collaborators (Special Tribunal) Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 8 of 1972);
 
 
 
 
(c) that the applicant has, at any time during the period of five years immediately preceding the date of his application, been convicted by a court in Bangladesh for any offence involving moral turpitude, and sentenced in respect thereof to imprisonment for not less than two years;
 
 
 
 
(d) that the applicant was convicted or is reasonably suspected of smuggling of currency, drugs, arms, trafficking in women and slaves, foreign currency, passports or of indulging in illegal dealings involving foreign exchange, trade or commerce;
 
 
 
 
(e) that the applicant is evading or likely to evade appearance in any pending proceedings against him in a criminal court in Bangladesh or that an order prohibiting the departure from Bangladesh of the applicant has been made by any such court;
 
 
 
 
(f) that the applicant was previously deported from abroad on account of his undesirable activity;
 
 
 
 
(g) that the applicant has been repatriated and has not reimbursed the expenditure incurred in connection with such repatriation;
 
 
 
 
(h) that the applicant is likely to become destitute and his repatriation would be a charge on public funds;
 
 
 
 
(i) that the application has been made for a minor, suspected of being taken out of Bangladesh against an order of the court or against the wishes of the legal guardian;
 
 
 
 
(j) that the applicant is suffering from such mental or physical deficiency which renders him incapable of taking care of himself unless accompanied by legal guardian or an authorised person; and
 
 
 
 
(2) shall refuse to issue a passport or travel document on any one or more of the following grounds-
 
 
 
 
(a) that the applicant, in the opinion of the Government, is likely to engage outside Bangladesh in activities prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity or security of Bangladesh;
 
 
 
 
(b) that the applicant, in the opinion of the Government, is reasonably suspected of evading or attempting to evade the duty to render any service which, under any law, he is required to render in the public interest;
 
 
(c) that the issue of a passport or travel document to the applicant, in the opinion of the Government, will not be in the public interest.

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