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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Emigration Act, 1983 Section 3

Protectors of Emigrants

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Emigration Act, 1983 Section 3 is part of Emigration Act, 1983 - Protectors of Emigrants. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The Central Government may, by notification, appoint a Protector General of Emigrants and as many Protectors of Emigrants, as it deems fit, for the purposes of this Act.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.

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Section Section 3 of the Emigration Act, 1983 (Protectors of Emigrants) is reproduced on this page as part of the Emigration Act, 1983. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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