law: Emigration Act, 1983
  15. Competent authority.-
  (1) 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 a Protector of Emigrants to be
  
  the authority (hereinafter referred to as the competent authority) for issuing
  
  permits under this Chapter.
  Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  sub-section (1), the Central Government may, by notification, authorize any
  
  person who is employed under that Government in any country or place outside
  
  India to exercise the powers of the competent authority, and issue permits
  
  under this Chapter to employers who are not citizens of India for the purpose
  
  of recruiting any citizen of India for employment in such country or place and
  
  a person so authorized shall endorse a duly certified copy of every permit
  
  issued by him under this Chapter to the Protector General of Emigrants.