Section 317: Refund of deposits and passage–money

317. Refund of deposits and passage–money.—(1) Every pilgrim prevented from embarking under section 313 or removed from the ship under section 314 shall be entitled to the refund of any passage-money which he may have paid, and of any deposit which he may have made under section 315. (2) Any pilgrim who, within two months of his sailing from Pakistan, satisfies the Pakistan consular officer at Jeddah that he intends to remain in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, or to return to Pakistan by a route other than the route by which he came from Pakistan, shall be entitled to a refund of any deposit made by him under section 315 or, if he is in possession of a return ticket, to a refund of half the passage-money paid by him. (3) Where any pilgrim dies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or on the voyage thereto, any person nominated by him in this behalf in writing in the prescribed manner, or, if no person has been so nominated his legal representative shall be entitled to a refund of any deposit made by such pilgrim under section 315, or, if such pilgrim was in possession of a return ticket, to a refund of the passage-money paid by such pilgrim. (4) Where any pilgrim fails to return to Pakistan from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia within six months of his sailing from Pakistan, or returns to Pakistan by a route other than the route by which he came from Pakistan, he or any person nominated by him in this behalf in writing in the prescribed manner shall be entitled to a refund of any deposit made by such pilgrim under section 315, or, if such pilgrim was in possession of a return ticket, to a refund of half the passage-money paid by such pilgrim except where such deposit or passage-money has already been refunded under this section. (5) Refunds under sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of deposits shall be subject to such conditions and of passage-money to such deductions and conditions as may be prescribed.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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