The Indian Emigration Act 1908, 17 of 1908, (Rep., Act 7 of 1922) · VI — .

Section 27. (1) The Registering Officer or Protector shall thereupon examine the person, apart from the recruiter, with reference to his intended agreement

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

27. (1) The Registering Officer or Protector shall thereupon examine the person, apart from the recruiter, with reference to his intended agreement. (2) If on such examination it appears,— (a) that such person is competent and willing to enter into the agreement and understands its nature, (b) that he has not been induced to enter into it by any coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or mistake, and (c) that its terms are in conformity with law and are such as, according to the statement furnished to the recruiter under section 22, he was authorized to offer, the Registering Officer or Protector shall, subject to the provisions of section 29, register in a book to be kept for the purpose, in such form as the Governor General c 1908.] Emigration. 585 (Chapter VI.—Registration of Emigrants and Execution of Agreements to emigrate.) General in Council, by rules made under this Act, prescribes,— (i) the name, sex, name of the father, caste, occupation and age of the intending emigrant, (ii) the name of the village or place of which he is a resident, and (iii) such other particulars (if any) concerning him and his dependents (if any) as the Governor General in Council, by rules made under this Act, prescribes.

Source: India Code