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Section 9: Registering authority
The Central Government may, by notification, appoint the Protector General of Emigrants or any other officer of that Government of a rank higher than that of a Protector of Emigrants to be the registering authority for the purposes of this Act.
Source: official text of The Emigration Act, 1983 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Emigration Act, 1983.