However, the Court observed that while the Foreigners Act did not require the foreign nationals to report directly to the police station, it required keepers of ‘hotels’ to furnish information about the persons residing in their premises.
Relying on the definition provided for the term ‘hotel’, the Court reasoned that even a masjid or markaz of the kind that housed the foreign nationals would fall under the term ‘hotel’. This would hold irrespective of whether the person/foreign national staying in these places were staying for consideration or reward.
