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| (1) Where the Bureau receives a complaint from, or on behalf of, any person recruited for employment outside Sri Lanka or employed outside Sri Lanka, or a report from any of its representatives abroad -
| | (a) that the terms and conditions imposed on any employer by the contract of employment in relation to that person have not been observed by that employer; and | | |
| | (b) that the licensee who recruited him for employment outside Sri Lanka has, in breach of the agreement entered into by the licensee with the Bureau under section 28 (1) (a) failed to take such steps as are reasonably possible to ensure that those terms and conditions are observed by the employer, | | |
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| (2) The officer referred to in subsection (1) shall, for the purpose of holding an inquiry under subsection (1) have the power -
| | (a) to require the licensee and the complainant to be present for interrogation in regard to the complaint or report which is the subject of the inquiry ; | | |
| | (b) to require the licensee and the complainant to produce such documents as he may consider necessary for the purposes of the inquiry; and | | |
| | (c) to require any person to give evidence on oath or otherwise before him. | | |
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| (3) The officer referred to in subsection (1) shall, at any inquiry held under that subsection, give the parties affected an opportunity to be heard. |
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| (4) Any sum of money that the officer referred to in subsection (1) may direct a licensee to pay to any person under that subsection shall be recoverable by that person or by the Bureau on his behalf by an action instituted in the District Court within the administrative limits of which, the place at which the licensee has been licensed to carry on the business of a foreign employment agency is situated, by way of summary procedure. The provisions of the Civil Procedure Code relating to actions of which the procedure is summary shall apply to an action under this subsection. |
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