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68. In the newly inserted paragraph 16, a sub-paragraph (7) defines "hotel" and according to this "hotel' includes any boarding- house, club, dak-bunglow, rest house, hostel, paying guest house, sarai, rented accommodation, hospital, or other premises of like nature, furnished or unfurnished, where lodging or sleeping accommodation is provided for reward. Here it may be noticed that the meaning of word "hotel" has been provided by way of an inclusion clause and it includes any boarding house, rest house and even a hospital. The meaning of word "hotel" is in two parts. In the first part the places have been identified, any boarding house, club, dak-bunglow, rest house, hospital, paying guest house, sarai, rented accommodation and hostel are falling under the first part. It is evident from a bare reading of this part that by virtue of the very purpose for which places are meant, they are expected to accommodate amongst others any traveller and he may be a foreign national for purpose of stay. These are the establishments covered under the meaning of word "hotel". It does not matter whether the person/foreign national staying in these places are staying for consideration or reward. In the same part while the word 'paying' and 'rented' have been prefixed with the guest house and accommodation respectively, no such words have been prefixed before the word 'boarding house', 'rest house', 'club', 'sarai', 'hostel' and 'hospital'. Therefore, to this Curt it appears that if a foreign national stays in a 'sarai', 'boarding house', 'rest house', Patna High Court CR. WJC No.367 of 2020 dt.22-12-2020 'hostel' or 'hospital' free of cost it does not mean that the keeper of these places may avoid his/their responsibility to furnish information in form 'C' to the Registration Officer.