Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
53. (1) On failure of the Emigration Agent for Power for ~ ~ twenty-four hours to comply with an order of the Protector for the payment of any sum to an emigrant recover undcr any of the last three foregoing sections, the expenses incurred on Protector may pay the same to the emigrant. behalf of
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incurred on behalf of
(2) Every sum paid by the Protector to an emi- emigr"nt. grant under sub-section (I), and, on failure of the Emigration Agent for twenty-four hours to comply with an order for payment thereof under the last foregoing section, every sum which the Protector may have ordered the Emigration Agent to pay to him under that section, shall be recoverable from the Emigration Agent with interest thereon at the rate of six per centum per annum from the date of payment.
(3) Further proof shall not be required by any Court in any such case than that the Protector gave the Emigration Agent an order to pay the sum, and that the Emigration Agent for twenty-four ho~ars failed to comply with the order.
Source: India Code