Amendment of section 2 of Haryana Act 10 of 2025

In section 2 of the Haryana Registration and Regulation of Travel Agents Act, 2025 (hereinafter called the principal Act),-

1. (i) for clauses

1. (g) and (h), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:- ‘(g) “document” means educational certificate, certificate for English language test for study, travel paper, visa, ticket or passport in physical or electronic form including digital record that may be used or intended to be used as evidence in support of qualification for the purpose of tourism or emigration under this Act;
2. (h) “emigrant” means a citizen of India who intends to emigrate or emigrates or has emigrated outside India for any purposes such as study, tourism etc. excluding emigration for employment abroad governed under the Emigration Act, 1983 (Central Act 31 of 1983);’;
   • (ii) for clause (o), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- ‘(o) “travel agent” means any firm or company or unit or a person doing the profession which involves arranging, managing or conducting affairs relating to tourists or travelers visiting within the country or sending persons abroad or which arise out of the affairs of persons sent to a foreign country except for carrying out the business of recruitment being governed under the Emigration Act, 1983 (Central Act 31 of 1983) and shall include all or any of the following, namely:-
3. (a) processing of applications for or relating to grant of passport or visa except recruitment or emigration for employment abroad as governed under the Emigration Act, 1983 (Central Act 31 of 1983); or
4. (b) acting as an agent for a company, firm or such type of bodies or entities for-
   • (i) selling air travel tickets; and
   • (ii) providing means of transportation for travel within the country or to a foreign country by land or sea; or
5. (c) providing consultancy visa service or guidance to the person intending to go abroad for the following purposes except employment abroad-
   • (i) acquiring education;
   • (ii) undertaking a pleasure trip as a tourist or traveler;
   • (iii) getting medical treatment;
   • (iv) arranging cultural entertainment or musical shows;
   • (v) spreading or preaching religion; or
   • (vi) participating in sports tournaments or events; or
6. (d) giving an advertisement or publicity, which relates directly or indirectly to any field of travel to a foreign country, by means of publication, transmission, communication or internet except relating to employment abroad,; or
7. (e) holding of seminars or delivering of lectures to promote emigration or rendering assistance for such purposes other than employment abroad; or
8. (f) arranging matrimonial alliance and adoption for the purpose of emigration other than emigration for employment abroad; or
9. (g) arranging travel of any person within the country or from India to abroad for purposes mentioned hereinbefore other than employment abroad; or
10. (h) acting as freelancing type tout for any of the purposes mentioned in clauses
11. (a) to (g).’.