law: Emigration Act, 1983
  16. Recruitment by employers to be through
  
  recruiting agent or permit.-
  Save as otherwise provided by or under this
  
  Act, no employer shall recruit any citizen of India for employment in any
  
  country or place outside India expect - Through a recruiting agent competent
  
  under this Act to make such recruitment, or in accordance with a valid permit
  
  issued in this behalf under this Chapter