Section 6: Prohibition of operation of fee-charging employment agency in certain cases. Where a

6. Prohibition of operation of fee-charging employment agency in certain cases. Where a public employment service has been set up for any area, the competent authority may, by notification in the official Gazette, prohibit from such date as may be specified therein the operation of, or the rendering of any service by, all or any of the fee-charging employment agencies operating in such area, and on such prohibition the licences issued for such area shall stand cancelled from the date specified in the notification and no compensation shall be paid therefor: Provided that the competent authority may, in consultation with the organisations of employers, and workers in that area, exempt from the operation of the notification the placing or recruitment of specified categories of workers with respect to whom appropriate arrangements for placing or recruitment cannot conveniently be made by a public employment service.

Effective date: 1976-01-01

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