Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
(7) c c Vessel " includes anything made for the conveyance by water of human beings or property :
(4) The master shall compare the emigrants who embark and the passes delivered by them with the list supplied by the Emigration Agent; and, if the list appears to be correct and to correspond with the passes delivered and with the emigrants embarked, the master shall sign the four copies of the list.
(5) The master shall not permit any emigrant to remain on board who has not delivered up his pass to the master, or is not mentioned in the list.
67, `(i)` When the copies of the list have been Disposal of signed, the master shall give two of the copies to the Protector of Emigrants, who shall sign them if he be given believes thsm to be correct. `by` master
s8t be given `by` master to Protector.
(8) <' Emigrant-vessel " means a vessel the master of which is licensed under this Act to carry emigrants therein : and
(5) " Registering Officer " means any person appointed by the Local Government, by name or by virtue of his office, to perform in any local area the . functions of a Registering Officer under this Act :
(2) The Protector shall send one of the copies so signed by him by the vessel which carries the emigrants to such officer as may be appointed in this behalf by the Government of the country to which the emigrants have agreed to emigrate, or, in the case of a
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foreign
Disposal of the two copies of list to be given by master t o Emigragration Agent.
I Examination of emigrants .by IvIedical
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foreign colony, to the British, Consular Agent, and shall file tlie other copy in his own office.
(9) cc Master " means any person (except a pilot or harbour-master) having for the time being control or charge of a vessel.
CHAPTER `11.`
PORTS ~itonz WHICH, AND COUNTRIES TO WHICH,
EMIGRAT I S ON LAWFUL.
7. (1) Emigration shall not be lawful except from port, fro, the ports of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, and fronl which emigration is such other ports as the Governor General ill Council, la,vful. from time to time, by notification in tlie Gazette of India, declares to be ports from which emigration is lawful.
(2) The Governor General in Council may at any time, by a like notification, revoke any notification issued under this section.
(3) The Local Government may, from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, fix for the purposes of this Act the limits of any port from which emigration is lawful.
(1) " Emigrate " and " emigration " denote the departure by sea out of British India of a Native of India under an agreement to labour for hire in some country beyond the limits of India other than the island of Oeyldn or the Straits Settlements :
' Provided that a domestic servant when accompanying his employer shall not be deemed to emigrate within the meaning of the above definition :
(6) " Recruiter "
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(Chaptel- 11.-Fol*tsfi-om wl&ich, and Cotlt~tries to whicli, B~?zig?*atiofz is lawfwl-7-8.)
(6) " Recruiter " includes a head recruiter or other person who collects or receives emigrants recruited by other persons :
66. (1) When any emigrants are about to embark List of, and on board any vessel, the Emigration Agent shall supply z~i::'. the master of the vessel with four copies of a list, specifying, `as` accurately as may be, the names, ages and occupations of the emigrants, and the names of their respective fathers.
(2) The master shall not receive any emigrant on board unless he is provided vith a pass, signed by the Emigration Agent, and countersigned by the Protector, stating the name and age of the emigrant, the name of his father, and the country to which he has agreed to emigrate, and certifying that he is in a fit state of health to undertake the voyage to that country.
(3) Every emigrant shdl on embarkation deliver the pass to the master.
Source: India Code