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Sri lanka Bureau Of Foreign Employment Act (No. 21 of 1985) - Sect 37

No action regarding recruitment to be taken without the approval of the Bureau

37.
(1) A licensee shall not issue any advertisement or notice calling for applications from persons for employment outside Sri Lanka or take any other action in connection with, or incidental to, such employment without the prior approval in writing of the Bureau.
(2) For the purpose of obtaining the approval of the Bureau under subsection (1), the licensee shall submit to the Bureau the following particulars:
(a) the name and address of the prospective employer outside Sri Lanka;
(b) a copy of the contract or agreement entered into by the licensee and the foreign employer for recruitment of persons;
(c) the nature of employment for which persons are to be recruited ;
(d) the terms and conditions of employment including those relating to wages, holidays, hours of work and passage from, and to, Sri Lanka offered by the employer to the persons to be recruited for employment outside Sri Lanka; and
(e) such further particulars as may be prescribed.
(3) Where the particulars submitted under subsection (2) are insufficient, the Bureau may call for such additional particulars as it may consider necessary.
(4) The Bureau may refuse to grant approval under subsection (1) in any case where it is satisfied that the nature of the employment for which persons are to be recruited is degrading or inhuman or that the terms and conditions of such employment are unreasonable having regard to the average standards of employment of persons.
(5) The Bureau shall not disclose to any person other than the officers of the Bureau for the purposes of the discharge of their functions under this Act, or to any court of law, any information submitted to it under subsections (2) and (3), except with the consent of the licensee.


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