Emigration Act, 1983
2. Definitions.-
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires,- "Certificate" means a certificate of registration issued
under section 11, "conveyance" includes a vessel, vehicle,
country-craft and an aircraft, ‘dependent" means any person who is related
to an emigrant and is dependent on that emigrant.
"Emigrant" means any citizen of
India who intends to emigrate, or emigrates, or has emigrated but does not
include - A dependent of an emigrant, whether such dependent accompanies that
emigrant, or departs subsequently for the purpose f joining that emigrant in
the country to which that emigrant has lawfully emigrated, any person who has
resides outside India at any time after attaining the age of eighteen years,
for not less than three years on the spouses or child of such person
"emigrant conveyance" means any conveyance specially chartered for
conveyance of emigrates or for conveying emigrants exceeding such number as may
be prescribed:
Provided that the Central Government may, by
notification, declare that nay conveyance conveying emigrants to such place as
may be specified in the notification shall not be deemed to be an emigrant
conveyance.
"Emigrate" and
"emigration" mean the departure out of India of any person with a
view of taking up and employment (whether or not under an agreement or other
arrangements of take up such employment and whether with or without the
assistance of a recruiting agent or employer) in any country or place outside
India, "employer" means any person providing or offering to provide,
employment in any country or place outside India "employment" means
any service, occupation or engagement (not being service, occupation or
engagement under the Central Government or a State Government), in any kind of
work within the meaning of clause (o), for wages or for reward, and all its
grammatical variations and cognate expression shall be construed accordingly,
"notification’ means a notification published in the Official Gazette,
"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act,
"Protector of Emigrants" means a
Protector of Emigrants appointed under section 3 and includes a person
authorized under section 5, "recruiting agent" means a person engaged
in India in the business of recruitment for an employer and representing such
employer with respect of any matter in relating to such recruitment including
dealings with persons so recruited or desiring to be so recruited,
"recruitment" includes the issuing of any advertisement for the
purpose of recruitment of offering by advertisement to secure or assist in securing
any employment in any county or place outside India and the entering into any
correspondence, negotiation, agreement or arrangement with any individual for
or in relation to the employment of such individual in any country or place
outside India, registering authority" means the officer appointed under
section 9 to be the registering authority for the purposes of this Act,
"work" means.- Any unskilled work, including any form of industrial
or agricultural labor, any domestic service, any service, not being a service
in a managerial capacity, in ant hotel, restaurant, tea-house or other place of
public resort.
Work as a driver of truck or other vehicle,
mechanic, technical or skilled laborer or artisan,
Work as a driver of a truck or other vehicle,
mechanic, technical or skilled laborer or artisan,
Work in connection with, or for the purpose
of, any cinema, exhibition or entertainment,
Any such work of a professional or of any
other nature as the Central Government may, having regard to the need for the protection
of citizens of India who may be employed in such work outside India and other
relevant circumstances, specify by notification.
Provided that the Central Government may, if
satisfied that it is necessary so to do having regard to the conditions of
service applicable with respect to employment in any of the aforementioned
categories of work or any sub-category thereof, whether generally or in
relation to any particular country or place and other relevant circumstances,
declare by notification that such category of work or sub-category of work
shall not be deemed to be work within the meaning of this definition.
Any reference in this Act to any law which is
not in force in any area shall, in relation to that area, be construed as a
reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area.