Emigration Act, 1983
3. Protectors of Emigrants.-
(1) The Central Government may, by
notification, appoint a Protector General Emigrants and as many Protectors of
Emigrants, as it deems fit, for the purpose of this Act.
The Central Government may, by general or
special order, define the area to which the authority of a Protector of
Emigrants so appointed shall extend and, where two or more Protectors of
Emigrants are appointed for the same area, also provide, by such order, for the
distribution and allocation of the work to be performed under this Act in
relation to such area.
The Protectors of Emigrants shall perform the
functions assigned to them by or under this Act under the general
superintendence and control of the Protector General of Emigrants.
The Protector General of Emigrants may, in
addition to the special functions assigned to him by or under this Act, perform
all or any of the functions assigned to any Protector of Emigrants.