Registration of private placement agency and renewal thereof.

(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint an officer to be the Registering Authority, for such area as may be specified therein, for the purposes of this Act. (2) Every private placement agency engaged or intending to be engaged in placement activities, shall make an application to the Registering Authority for registration, in such form and in such manner, alongwith such documents and such fees, as may be prescribed. (3) On receipt of an application under sub-section (2), the Registering Authority may, within a period of forty-five days from the date of receipt of an application, after making such inquiries as it considers necessary, by an order in writing, either grant a registration certificate with such terms and conditions, as may be specified therein, or refuse to grant the same : Provided that, no order of refusal of registration shall be made unless,— (a) the applicant has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard ; and (b) the grounds on which registration certificate is refused are specified in the order. (4) The registration certificate granted under this section,– (a) shall be subject to such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed; (b) shall be valid for a period of five years, unless the same is cancelled under section 6 ; (c) may be renewed, from time to time, after the expiry of period of five years, for further period of five years on payment of such fees as may be prescribed ; and (d) shall be non-transferable.