¹[4.     Contract  of  apprenticeship

 

(1)      No  person  shall  be engaged as an apprentice to undergo apprenticeship training in  a designated  trade  unless  such  person  or,  if he is minor, his guardian has entered into a contract of apprenticeship  with  the employer.

(2)         The  apprenticeship  training  shall  be  deemed  to have commenced on   the date on which the contract of apprenticeship has been entered into under sub-section (1).

(3)         Every  contract  of apprenticeship may contain such terms and conditions as  may  be  agreed  to  by  the  parties  to  the contract:

 

Provided   that  no  such  term  or  condition  shall  be inconsistent with any provision of this  Act  or  any  rule  made there under.

 

(4)      Every  contract  of  apprenticeship  entered  into  under sub-section  (1)  shall be sent by the employer within such period as  may  be  prescribed  to  the   Apprenticeship   Adviser   for registration.

(5)     The  Apprenticeship Adviser shall not register a contract of  apprenticeship  unless  he  is  satisfied  that  the   person described  as  an  apprentice  in the contract is qualified under this  Act  for  being  engaged  as  an  apprentice   to   undergo apprenticeship  training in the designated trade specified in the contract.

(6)      Where   the  Central  Government,  after  consulting  the Central Apprenticeship Council, makes any rule varying the  terms  and  conditions  of  apprenticeship  training  of any category of apprentices  undergoing  such  training,  then,  the  terms   and conditions  of  every contract of apprenticeship relating to that category of apprentices and  subsisting  immediately  before  the making  of  such  rule  shall  be  deemed  to  have been modified accordingly.]

 

 

 

 

 

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        1.    Subs. By Act 27 of 1973