¹[87C. Exemption from section 87B.--(1) When any person referred to in section 87B has failed to secure suitable employment within a reasonable period from the date on which he applied for the same, he may make an application to the Director-General for exempting him from the requirements of sub-sections (1) and (2) of that section and if the Director-General is satisfied that the grounds stated in the application justify the exemption sought for, he shall, by order, exempt such person from the requirements of those sub-sections.
     (2) The Director-General may, either on own motion or on an application made by any person referred to in section 87B, by order in writing, exempt such person from the requirements of sub-sections (1) and (2) of that section, if the Director-General is satisfied--
         (a) that it is necessary so to do for compliance with any request made by the Government of any foreign country to make available the services of Indian personnel for meeting shortage of qualified personnel in its ships or shore establishments, or for compliance with any request made by any agency of the United Nations Organisation for making available Indian personnel for providing consultancy services on its behalf in technical co-operation or technical assistance programme in any country; or
         (b) that such person is likely to suffer undue hardship if he is not so exempted.
     (3) An application for exemption under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall set out clearly all the particulars on the basis of which such exemption is applied for.
     (4) Every such application shall be disposed of by the Director-General as expeditiously as possible and where the Director-General refuses to grant the exemption applied for, he shall record his reasons therefore and communicate the same to the applicant.
     (5) Where, within a period of forty-five days of the date of receipt of any such application, the Director-General does not refuse to grant the exemption applied for, or does not communicate the refusal to the applicant, the Director-General shall be deemed to have granted the exemption applied for.
     (6) Where the Director-General refuses to grant the exemption applied for, the applicant may prefer an appeal against such refusal to the Central Government within thirty days of the receipt of the order of the Director-General refusing the exemption and the Central Government may make such orders as it deems fit:
     Provided that the Central Government may admit any appeal after the expiry of the period aforesaid, if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal in time:
     Provided further that no order confirming the order of the Director-General shall be made under this sub-section without giving the appellant an opportunity to represent his case.]