Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.34.2

2.34.2

sa-mudro janapadaṃ praveṣṭuṃ niṣkramituṃ vā labheta //

THE Superintendent of Passports shall issue passes at the rate of a masha per pass. Whoever is provided with a pass shall be at liberty to enter into, or go out of, the country. Whoever, being a native of the country enters into or goes out of the country without a pass shall be fined 12 panas. He shall be punished with the first amercement for producing a false pass. A foreigner guilty of the same offence shall be punished with the highest amercement.