Emigration Act, 1983
17. Procedure for obtaining permits .-
(1) An employer desiring to obtain a permit
under this Chapter may make an application in that behalf in the prescribed
form to the competent authority.
On receipt of such application, the competent
authority shall, subject to any rules made in this behalf, make such inquiry as
he may deem necessary and grant the permit applied for the reject the
application :
Provided that before granting a permit the
competent authority may require the applicant to comply with such conditions as
may be prescribed, including conditions as to furnishing of security and such
other conditions as that authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing,
deem necessary in the interests of the citizens of India likely to be recruited
by the applicant.
Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the
competent authority may reject an application under sub section (1) on any of
more of the following grounds and on no other grounds, namely.- That the
application is not complete in all respects or that any of the material
particulars furnished in the application are not true that the terms and
conditions of employment which the applicant proposes to offer to persons
recruited or proposed to be recruited by him are discriminatory or
exploitative, that the employment which the applicant proposes to offer
involves work for a nature which in unlawful according to the laws of India or
offends against the public policy of India or is violative of norms of human
dignity and decency, that having regard to the antecedents of the applicant,
his financial standing, the facilities at his disposal, the working and living
conditions of persons employed by him in the past, it would not be in the
public interest or in the interest of the persons who may be recruited by him,
to issue a permit to him.
That having regard to the prevailing
circumstances in the country or in the place where the applicant proposes to
employ the persons recruited by him, it would not be in the interests of any
citizen of India to emigrate for taking up such employment.
Where the competent authority makes an order
under sub Section (2) rejecting an application, he shall record in writing a
brief statement of his reasons for making such other and furnish the applicant,
on demand, a copy of the same:
Provided that if the competent authority is of
the opinion that it is necessary or expedient in the interests of friendly
relations with a foreign country or in the interest of the general public so to
do, he may refuse to provide such copy, or, as the case may be, furnish a copy
of only such parts of the statement as he may deem fit.