Employment Permits Act 2024

Prohibition on certain use of employment permit

54. (1) Subject to sections 27 and 29 , where an employment permit has been granted in respect of a foreign national, the employer or the connected person, as the case may be, shall not—

(a) transfer the employment permit to another person,

(b) use the employment permit to employ a foreign national other than the foreign national to whom it has been granted, or

(c) use the employment permit in respect of an employment other than the employment in respect of which it has been granted.

(2) Subject to sections 27 and 29 , the holder of an employment permit shall not—

(a) transfer the employment permit to another foreign national,

(b) allow another foreign national to use the employment permit to enter into the service of an employer in the State or be in employment in the State, or

(c) use the employment permit to enter into a contract of employment in respect of an employment other than the employment in respect of which the employment permit has been granted.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.