Punjab to frame Prevention of Human Smuggling Rules
Saturday, 10/08/2013
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/punjab/punjab-to-frame-prevention-of-human-smuggling-rules/84540
CHANDIGARH: In a landmark decision, the Punjab Cabinet has approved Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Rules, 2013 for regulating the trade of travel agencies and consultants.
A decision to this effect was taken in a Cabinet meeting chaired by the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at Punjab Bhawan.
These rules envisage that a person desirous of undertaking the profession of travel agent or consultant or who was already in this profession on the date of commencement of the act would have to seek a license from the state government by depositing the requisite documents along with the prescribed fee. The license valid for five years would be renewed after the submission of fee of renewable fee.
