Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, no person proceeding from any place outside Bangladesh by sea or by air or by land unless he is in possession of a passport.

Every such passport.-
(a) shall have been issued or renewed by or on behalf of the country of which the person to whom it relates is a subject and shall be within the period of its validity;
(b) shall, except in the case of Passports issued to pardahnashin women, have affixed to it a photograph of the person to whom it relates, duly authenticated by the issuing authority.
(c) When issued by or on behalf of Her Majesty's Government in any part of the Commonwealth, shall have been made valid for entry into Bangladesh unless it is already endorsed as being valid for all commonwealth countries.
(d) when issued by or on behalf of the Government of a foreign country shall have been endorsed by way of visa for Bangladesh by a Bangladesh diplomatic, consular or passport authority, or, where there is no such authority, by an authority authorized in this behalf by the Government. Such visa shall be of one of the following kinds namely;-
(i) a single journey visa valid for six months, or for such shorter period as may be specified therein, for one journey only to Bangladesh or any legitimate purpose specifying therein the period of stay in Bangladesh not exceeding three months;
(ii)a transit visa valid for six months or for such shorter period as may be specified therein (Provided that in no case shall it be valid for a period exceeding the period for which the visa for the country of ultimate destination is valid), for one or more direct journeys through Bangladesh undertaken for the sole purpose of reaching the territory of a foreign State or of a Commonwealth country and occupying in each case not more that fifteen days in Bangladesh, unless and extension of the time for such journey be allowed by a competent authority; or
(iii) a multiple journey visa valid for six months or of such shorter period as may be specified therein for any number of journeys to Bangladesh within a specified period not exceeding Five years for any legitimate purpose. The period of stay in Bangladesh specified under such visa shall not exceed three months at a time.

(1) the Government may by general or special orders exempt any persons or classes or persons, whether absolutely or on such conditions as it considers necessary, form the provisions of rule 3.
(2) The following person; and classes of persons shall be exempted from the provisions or rule 3:-
(a) persons whose age is less than fifteen days;
(b) persons returning from pilgrimage and in possession of pilgrim passes issued by a competent authority;-
(c) persons or classes of persons exempted absolutely by the Government;
(d) persons or classes of persons exempted by the Government; on certain specified conditions, when the conditions have been duly fulfilled.

Any person who :
(a) enters Bangladesh in contravention of the provisions of rule 3; or
(b) does any act in contravention of any condition prescribed under sub-rule (1) of rule 5; or
(c) brings any person into Bangladesh in contravention of sub-rule (1) of rule 6, or omits to obey a direction under sub-rule (2) of that rule, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine or with both.

Any person who attempts to commit or abets or attempts to abet the commission of any offence punishable under rules 7 shall be punishable in like manner as if he had committed the offence.