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(2) If it appears to the Protector of Emigrants--
(a) that permission to engage or assist such person has been duly obtained, `(6)` in the case of an engagement, that the terms of the agreement under which such person has been engaged are in accordance with the terms of the permission granted and are understood by hirn, and (c) thit the conditions on which the permission was granted have been complied with,
he shall register in a bbok to be kept for the purpose such particulars concerning the person engaged or assisted and his dependents (if any) and concerning the person engaging or assisting him, and in such form, as the Local Government may prescribe.
Pmvisions as `19.` Where such sozurity as is referred to in sub- b s e c ~ i t ~ ; s~ction (2) of section 16 has been furnished, the Local Government may, st any time after making such i ~quiry as it may deem necessary, pass ordsrs in regard ,o the forfeiture of the security in whole or in pprt and the application of the same or any part thered, a&, `G,A` the expiry of the period to which the agree-
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ment relates and on being satisfied that no ground exists for forfeiting the security in whole or in part, order the return of the security or of any part thereof to the person by whom it was furnished or to his representative.
9. (1) Emigration, for the purpose of unskilled ports from work, shall not be lawful except froni the ports of tion [which ] of un-[emigra- ] Calcutta, bl adras, Bombay, Karachi, Negapatam, skilled workers ie Tuticorin and Ubanushkodi, and from such other l,,yful, ports AS the Governor General in Council may, by notification in the Gazette of India, declare to be ports from which such eniigration is lawful.
(2) The Local Government may, by notification
in the local oflicial Gazette, fix for the purposes of this Act the limits of any pori; from which such emigration is lawful.
`10.` (1) Emigration, for the purpose of unskilled countries to work, shall not be lawful except to such countries which tion of emigra- un- and on such terms and conditions as the Governor skilled ~ ~ ~ General in Council, by notification in the Gazette of 7 India, may specify in this behalf.
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(2) No notification shall be made under sub-section (1) unless it has been laid in draft before b o ~ h Chambers of the Indian Legislature and has been approved by a resolution of each Chamber, either without modification or addition, or with modificatiolls and additions to which both Chambers agree, but, upoil such approval being given, the notification may be issued in the form in wllicli it has been so approved.
`11.` (I) Where the Governor General Where the Governor General in Council pow,, to has reason lo believe that in any country to which emigration for the purpose of unskilled work is lawful unskilled plague or ally other epidemic disease dangerous toworkcrs. human iife has broken out, and that emigrants il' allowed to emigrate to that country would be exposed to serious risk to lil'e on arrival there, he may, by notification in the Gazette of India, declare that .emigration t"o that country for tlie purpose of unskil - ed work shall cease to be lawful.
`11.` (I) Where the Governor General Where the Governor General in Council pow,, to has reason lo believe that in any country to which %g;tiOn
." (2) Where a Local Government has reaaon to believe that such a state of affairs as is clesoriiyd in
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Appear~iice of `18.` (1) Before any person departs from British engaged pePsonebefore, India in accordance with permission granted under `and` registra- section 17, the person by whom he has been engaged tion of names `by,` Protector 02 misted shall appear in person or by his duly of Emigrants. authorised agent before the Protector of Emigrants a,t the port of embarkation with such first-mentioned person and with any persons intending to accompany him as his dependents,
|||sub-section_( I )_existsinany country to which e~nigra-|
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|||tion for the purpose*~f unskilled work is lawful,it|
|||may, by notification in the local official Gazette,|
|||declare that emigration to that country for tlre purpose|
|||of0unskiiled w0l.k from any port in the territories|
|||administered byitshall cease to be lawful pendinga|
|||reference to the Governor General in Council.|
|||(3)The Local Government publishing a notipca-|
|||tion under sub-section(2)shall forthwith report such|
|||notification with the reasons foritto the'Governor|
|||General in Council, who shall thereupon publish-a|
|||notificatioli in the Gazette of India confirming or|
|||cancelling the notification published by the Local|
|||Government.|
|Revocation of||12.Where the Governor General in ~oJnci1 is|
|prohibition.||satisfied that the ground on whicha,notification under|
|||sub-sectibn_(1)_of section11,oranotification under|
|||sub-section(3)of section11confirminganotification|
|||of a Local Government has been made with respect|
|||to any country, has ceased to exist, he may, by|
|||notification in the Gazette of India, declare that|
|||emigration to that country for the purpose of unskill-|
|||ed work shall again be lawful from a date to 'be|
|||specified in the notification.|
|Powers of<br>Governor<br>Generalin||13.(1)The Governor General in Council may,<br>by llotification in the Gazette of India, prohibit, from|
|Cou~~cil<br>to<br>prohibit<br>emigration to||a date, and for reasons, to be specified in the notifi.ca-<br>tion, all persons or any specified class of persons from|
|specified<br>cohntry.||emigrating to any specified couzitry fromthe<br>territories under the' ad ministration of any Local|
|||Government or any specified part thereof, for the|
|||purpose of unskilled work.|
|||(2)Every notification issued under this section|
|||shall be laid before both Chambers of the Indian|
|||Legislature as soon as may be after it is made.<br>*|
|Saving.||14.Anotification under section 10, fiection11,|
|||Iection 12 or section13shaJ1 no.1; affectanyact done,|
|||.;ffence committed, or legal proceedings conlmenced|
|||before the date on which such notification talhs|
|||effect?|
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. , `P!j.` Emigration, for the purpose of sliilled work, which ports from ports from from esigra- ' , shall not be -lawful excent from a sort from which tion of skilled emigration for the purpose of unskilled work is lawful [[rnorke~~o ]] lamf `ul.` is and from such other ports as the Governor General in Couacil may, by notificatioia in the Gazette of India, specify in this behalf. any person `16.` (I) Whoever clesires to engage, or to assist, to emigrate for the purpose of skilled workers. f$$:fiO~ A "
any person to emigrate for the purpose of skilled workers. work shall apply for the permission of the Local Governhant having jurisdiction at the p o ~ t from which such person is to depart, and shall state in his application-
- (a) the number of persons whom he proposes so to engage or assist ;
(bj the place beyond the limits of India to which each such person and his dependents are to proceed - ;
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- (c) the accommodation to be provided for each such person and his dependents until their, departure out of India and during the voyage.
Source: India Code