Power to make rules
19. (1) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
(a) powers and duties of officers appointed by the Government under the Ordinance;
(b) the licensing, supervision and control of persons engaged in recruiting persons for overseas employment or causing or assisting persons to emigrate and in the conveyance and accommodation of emigrants, and the prohibition of unlicensed persons from being so engaged;
(c) the establishment, supervision and regulation of any place of accommodation provided for emigrants and for their medical care while resident there;
(d) the forms to be maintained and the returns to be submitted by persons licensed in accordance with the rules made under clause (b);
(e) the manner of inspection of premises, books of accounts and records of any person or entity connected with recruitment of emigrants for overseas employment;
(f) the information to be furnished by recruiting agents to emigrants and the language in which such information is to be furnished;
(g) appearance of emigrants before the Registrar and furnishing information under section 11;
(h) fees to be paid by a recruiting agent to the Registrar for each emigrant departing Bangladesh;
(i) setting up training, orientation and briefing centres to guide and advise intending emigrants and their dependants proceeding abroad;
(j) recall and repatriation, in the public interest, of an emigrant;
(k) measures to be adopted for the welfare of emigrants and their dependants;
(l) disposal of complaints against recruiting agents;
(m) formation of an association of recruiting agents and framing of Code of Conduct to be observed by recruiting agents;
(n) service charge to be paid to a recruiting agent;
(o) depositing of fees and securities by a recruiting agent;
(p) procedure for sending of emigrants by persons possessing secured contract or sub-contract for the purpose;
(q) the security, well-being and protection of emigrants; and
(r) fees receivable from persons recruited and going abroad for employment.