law: Passports Act, 1967
  8. Extension of period of passport 
  
  
  Where a passport is issued for a shorter
  
  period than the prescribed period under section 7, such shorter period shall,
  
  unless the passport authority for reasons to be recorded in writing otherwise
  
  determines, be extendable for a further period (which together with the shorter
  
  period shall not exceed the prescribed period) and provision of this Act shall
  
  apply to such extension as they apply to the issue thereof.]