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6. Applicant to comply with directions issued by the Commis-sioner before issue of the licence

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Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

Before the issue of a licence, the Commissioner shall direct the applicant—

(a)

to enter into an agreement with the Commissioner—

(i)

to carry on the business in a morally or other-wise irreproachable manner

; and

(ii)

to take all steps as are reasonably possible to ensure that the terms and conditions imposed on an employer abroad under the contract of employment to be entered into by that employer with a person recruited for employ-ment abroad by the foreign employment agency in relation to which the licence is applied for, are observed by that employer;

(b)

to enter into a bond with the Commissioner with two sureties in such sum not less than one hundred thousand rupees, as may be determined by the

Commissioner, for the satisfaction of claims which might arise in connection with the business or any contract of employment referred to in paragraph (a) ; and

(c)

to pay the prescribed fee for the licence.

(2)

Where the applicant fails to comply with the direc-tions issued under subsection (1), the Commissioner shall refuse to grant him a licence.

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