Section 107Part 9 — General
Provision of immigration services
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107. (1) No person may provide or purport to provide immigration advice or immigration services for any fee, gain or reward unless he is a qualified person.
A person is a qualified person if —
he is registered with the Chief Immigration Officer or is employed by, or works under the supervision of, such a person;
he is a member or employee of a body which is licensed, or exempted by the Trade and Business Licensing Law (2007 Revision), or works under the supervision of such a member or employee; or
he is a person admitted to practise as an attorney-at-law under the Legal Practitioners Law (2012 Revision).
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who —
is certified by the Chief Immigration Officer as exempt (in this section referred to as “an exempt person”);
is employed by an exempt person;
works under the supervision of an exempt person or an employee of an exempt person; or
falls within a category of person specified in an order made by the Cabinet for the purposes of this subsection.
A certificate under subsection (3)(a) may relate only to a specified description of immigration advice or immigration services.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person —
holding an office under the Crown, when acting in that capacity;
employed by, or for the purposes of, a Government department, when acting in that capacity;
acting under the control of a Government department; or
otherwise exercising functions on behalf of the Crown.
An exemption given under subsection (3)(a) may be withdrawn by the Chief Immigration Officer.
A person who acts in contravention of subsection (1) commits an offence.