20. (1) Whoever, except in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder, emigrates or attempts to emigrate or departs or attempts to depart shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year simple imprisonment or with fine not exceeding Taka five thousand or with both. (2) Whoever, except in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder,-(a) makes or attempts to make, any agreement with any person purporting to bind that person, or any other person, to emigrate, or(b) causes or assists, or attempts to cause or assist any person to emigrate or depart or to attempt to emigrate or depart or to leave any place for the purpose of emigrating or departing, or(c) causes any person engaged, assisted or recruited by him, after grant of the licence under section 10 to depart without appearing before the Registrar as required under section 11, or(d) furnishes or publishes information or notice or document in relation to recruitment for employment abroad, or(e) substitutes or alters any employment contract approved and verified by the Registrar, or(f) withholds or denies travel documents from a prospective emigrant for monetary or financial consideration other than those authorised under this Ordinance,shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both. (3) When in the course of any proceeding in connection with emigration in which a recruiting agent or a person or an organisation is concerned, a breach of the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder is committed, such agent or, as the case may be, person or organisation shall be liable to the punishment provided by sub-section (2), unless he proves that he was not responsible for and could not have prevented the commission of the breach. (4) A person who recruits a citizen or holds an interview or examination or issues an advertisement for such recruitment in contravention of the provisions of section 9 shall be liable to the punishment provided by sub-section (2).