Emigration Act, 1983
Bare Act · 1983
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to emigration of citizens of India.
- Act number
- 31 of 1983
- Enacted
- 10 September 1983
- Contents
- 45 sections · 9 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Emigration Authorities
- Section 3 – Protectors of Emigrants
- Section 4 – General duties of Protectors of Emigrants
- Section 5 – Power to authorise persons to exercise functions of a Protector
- Section 6 – Emigration check-posts (preview)
- Section 7 – Other emigration officers and staff (preview)
- Section 8 – Emigration officers to be public servants (preview)
Chapter III — Registration Of Recruiting Agents
- Section 9 – Registering authority (preview)
- Section 11 – Application for registration (preview)
- Section 12 – Terms and conditions of registration (preview)
- Section 13 – Renewal of registration (preview)
- Section 14 – Cancellation, suspension, etc., of a certificate (preview)
Sections
- Section 10 – No person to function as recruiting agent without a valid certificate (preview)
- Section 40 – Delegation (preview)
Chapter IV — Permits For Recruitment By Employers
- Section 15 – Competent authority (preview)
- Section 16 – Recruitment by employers to be through recruiting agent or under permit (preview)
- Section 17 – Procedure for obtaining permits (preview)
- Section 18 – Period of validity of permit (preview)
- Section 19 – Registration of certain permits (preview)
- Section 20 – Cancellation or suspension of a permit (preview)
- Section 21 – Power to exempt (preview)
Chapter V — Emigration Clearance
Chapter VI — Appeals
- Section 23 – Appeals (preview)
Chapter VII — Offences And Penalties
- Section 24 – Offences and penalties (preview)
- Section 25 – Offences by companies (preview)
- Section 26 – Offences to be cognizable (preview)
- Section 27 – Previous sanction of Central Government necessary (preview)
- Section 28 – Punishment to be without prejudice to any other action (preview)
Chapter VIII — Miscellaneous
- Section 29 – Determination of question as to whether a person is an emigrant (preview)
- Section 30 – Power to prohibit emigration to any country in the interests of the general public, etc (preview)
- Section 31 – Power to prohibit emigration due to outbreak of epidemics, civil disturbances, etc., in a country (preview)
- Section 32 – Power to prohibit emigration of any class or category of persons (preview)
- Section 33 – Provisions as to security (preview)
- Section 34 – Refund of security (preview)
- Section 35 – Power to search, seize and detain persons, conveyance, etc (preview)
- Section 36 – Returns and registers (preview)
- Section 37 – Authorities and officers to have certain powers of civil court (preview)
- Section 38 – Power to give directions (preview)
- Section 39 – Effect of other laws (preview)
- Section 41 – Power to exempt (preview)
- Section 42 – Act not to apply to certain emigrants (preview)
- Section 43 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 44 – Notifications and rules to be laid before Parliament (preview)
- Section 45 – Repeal of Act 7 of 1922 (preview)