Foreign Employment Agency Act (No. 32 of 1980)

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Foreign Employment Agency Act (No. 32 of 1980) - Sect 6

Applicant to comply with directions issued by the Commissioner before issue of the licence

(1) Before the issue of a licence, the Commissioner shall direct the applicant

(a) to enter into an agreement with the Commissioner

(i) to carry on the business in a morally or otherwise irreproachable manner ; and

(ii) to take all steps as are reasonably possible to ensure that the terms and conditions imposed on an employer abroad under the contract of employment to be entered into by that employer with a person recruited for employment abroad by the foreign employment agency in relation to which the licence is applied for, are observed by that employer;

	(b) to enter into a bond with the Commissioner with two sureties in such sum not less than one hundred thousand rupees, as may be determined by the Commissioner, for the satisfaction of claims which might arise in connection with the business or any contract of employment referred to in paragraph (a); and

	(c) to pay the prescribed fee for the licence.

(2) Where the applicant fails to comply with the directions issued under subsection (1), the Commissioner shall refuse to grant him a licence.

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