LawgistThe Apprentices Act
3Qualifications for being engaged as an apprentice
A person shall not be qualified for being engaged as an apprentice to undergo apprenticeship training in any designated trade, unless he--
1[(a) is not less than fourteen years of age, and for designated trades related to hazardous industries, not less than eighteen years of age; and]
(b) satisfies such standards of education and physical fitness as may be prescribed:
Provided that different standards may be prescribed in relation to apprenticeship training in different designated trades 2[and for different categories of apprentices].
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1. Subs. by Act 29 of 2014, s. 3, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 22-12-2014).
2. Added by Act 27 of 1973, s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-12-1974).
APPRENTICES AND THEIR TRAINING
- 3 Qualifications for being engaged as an apprentice
- 3A Reservation of training places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in designated trades
- 3B Reservation of training places for Other Backward Classes in designated trades
- 4 Contract of apprenticeship
- 5 Novation of contract of apprenticeship
- 5A Regulation of optional trade
- 5B Engagement of apprentices from other States
- 6 Period of apprenticeship training
- 7 Termination of apprenticeship contract
- 8 Number of apprentices for a designated trade
- 9 Practical and basic training of apprentices
- 10 Related instruction of apprentices
- 11 Obligations of employers
- 12 Obligations of apprentices
- 13 Payment to apprentices
- 14 Health, safety and welfare of apprentices
- 15 Hours of work, overtime, leave and holidays
- 16 Employer‟s liability for compensation for injury
- 17 Conduct and discipline
- 18 Apprentices are trainees and not workers
- 19 Records and returns
- 20 Settlement of disputes
- 21 Holding of test and grant of certificate and conclusion of training
- 22 Offer and acceptance of employment
