Emigration Act, 1983
9. Issue of permit.-
(1) on receipt of the application, the
competent authority may verify the facts contained in the application and may make
the following enquiries to ascertain that the terms and conditions of
employment are not discriminatory or exploitative.- The basis on which the
demand has been computed the principal on which skill have been classified job
contents of a post required to be filled scope of future prospects in various
categories of jobs structure of supervisory control, grievances procedure
followed, and general reputation of the applicant and reports of specific
misconduct, if any
A permit issued under Section 17 of the Act
shall be in Form VIII and shall be valid for a period of (one year) from the
date of its issue or till the recruitment of the persons for whose recruitment
such permit is issued is completed, whichever is earlier.
In case of the employer is not able to
complete the recruitment within six months, then he may make an application
under Section 18 of the Act for an extension of the period of validity of the
permit, stating the reasons therein for not completing the recruitment within
the prescribed period. The prescribed authority may extend the validity of the
permit by such further period as it may think fit but not exceeding three
months at a time.
(1) A foreign employer who has been granted a
permit under sub-section (2) of Section 15 of the Act shall on arrival in India submit to the
Protector General of Emigrants a certified copy of the permit and thereafter
may proceed to make recruitment.
Where the permit under sub-section (2) of Section
15 has been issued for recruitment of persons not more than two in number and
where such recruitment is being made on the basis of postal communication or
personal contact, a copy of the permit certified by the Indian Mission in the
country of employment can be filed by such person himself.