View All - 1985 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances SRI LANKA BUREAU OF FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT(AMENDMENT)Marginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Bureau of foreign Employment Act, No. 21 of 1985, and shall come into operation on such date (hereinafter referred to as the "appointed date") as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette.2. Application of this Act. 3. Establishment of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment. 4. Members of the Bureau. 5. Board of Directors. 6. Remuneration of members of the Bureau. 7. Members of the Bureau to disclose interest in contract proposed to be made by the Bureau. 8. Quorum for meeting of the Board and regulations of procedure.9. Validity of acts or proceedings of the Board. 10. Members of the Board to administer the affairs of the Bureau. 11. Delegation of powers and duties of the Board. 12. Chairman of the Board. 13. Seal of the Bureau. 14. Power of the Minister in relation to the Bureau. 15. Objects of the Bureau. 16. General powers of the Bureau.17. The Fund of the Bureau. 18. Audit of Accounts. 19. Report to be tabled in Parliament. 20. Promotion and development of employment outside Sri Lanka. 21. Representatives of the Bureau. 22. Duties of representatives of the Bureau. 23. Joint Ventures. 24. Foreign employment agencies to be licensed. 25. Bureau to carry on business of foreign employment agency . 26. Application for a licence. 27. Conditions for grant of licence. 28. Applicant to comply with directions issued by the Bureau before issue of the licence. 29. Form and duration of licence.30. Renewal of licence. 31. Cancellation of a licence. 32. Bureau shall communicate its decision to applicant or licensee together with its reasons therefor. 33. Appeals. 34. Licensee not to charge any fee. 35. Display of licence. 36. Licensee to inform Bureau of any change of particulars. 37. No action regarding recruitment to be taken without the approval of the Bureau.38. Authorized officer may be present at interview of persons for recruitment for employment outside Sri Lanka. 39. Grounds on which approval may not be granted. 40. Contract or employment.41. Maintenance of records. 42. Returns. 43. Directions of the Bureau. 44. Inquiry into complaints made by persons recruited for employment outside Sri Lanka. 45. Workers Welfare Fund. 46. Moneys payable into Welfare Fund to be lodged with the bank. 47. Power to invest any moneys of the Fund. 48. Application of the Fund. 49. Orders cheques & c. for payment out of the Fund. 50. Statement of receipts, disbursements, & c. on account of the Welfare Fund. 51. Payment by recruits. 52. Cess. 53. Information Data Bank. 54. Constitution of Association of Licensed Foreign Employment Agencies. 55. Functions of the Association. 56. Management of affairs of the Association. 57. General powers of the Association. 58. Procedure & c. of the Association . 59. Appointment of officers and servants. 60. Powers of entry inspected and interrogation. 61. Regulations. 62. Unauthorized recruitment an offence.63. Forgery or inducement an offence. 64. Charging fee an offence. 65. Offence relating to returns, &c. 66. Offence relating to inquiry. 67. Miscellaneous offences. 68. Punishment for subsequent offences under section 63 or section 64. 69. Offences by body of persons. 70. Transitional provision 71. Repeal of Act No. 32 of 1980 72. Interpretation.