12. Duration of passports or travel documents. - (1) An ordinary passport shall continue in force for a period of ten years from the date of its issue.
(2) An India-Bangladesh passport shall continue in force for a period of four years from the date of its-issue.
(3) An India-Sri Lanka passport shall continue in force for a period of four years from the date of its issue. ‘
(4) An emergency certificate shall continue in force for a period of six months from the date of its issue.
(5) A certificate of identity shall continue in force for a period of two years from the date of its issue.
(6) A diplomatic and an official passport shall continue in force for a period to be decided in each case by the Central Government or the passport authority which issues the passport:
Provided that the total life of a diplomatic or an official passport shall be ten years from the date of its issue.
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