An Act to provide for the regulation and control of training of apprentices and for matters connected therewith.
The Apprentices Act, 1961 has 42 sections in 2 chapters, amended 12 times. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
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All sections of the Apprentices Act, 1961
Chapter I: PRELIMINARY
Chapter III: AUTHORITIES
- Section 23 – Authorities
- Section 24 – Constitution of Councils
- Section 25 – Vacancies not to invalidate acts and proceedings
- Section 26 – Apprenticeship Advisers
- Section 27 – Deputy and Assistant Apprenticeship Advisers
- Section 28 – Apprenticeship Advisers to be public servants
- Section 29 – Powers of entry, inspection, etc
- Section 30 – Offences and penalties
- Section 31 – Penalty where no specific penalty is provided
- Section 32 – Offences by companies
- Section 33 – Cognizance of offences
- Section 34 – Delegation of powers
- Section 35 – Construction of references
- Section 36 – Protection of action taken in good faith
- Section 37 – Power to make rules
- Section 38 – Repeal (omitted/repealed)
- Section 3 – Qualifications for being engaged as an apprentice
- Section 3A – Reservation of training places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in designated trades
- Section 3B – Reservation of training places for Other Backward Classes in designated trades
- Section 4 – Contract of apprenticeship
- Section 5 – Novation of contract of apprenticeship
- Section 5A – Regulation of optional trade
- Section 5B – Engagement of apprentices from other States
- Section 6 – Period of apprenticeship training
- Section 7 – Termination of apprenticeship contract
- Section 8 – Number of apprentices for a designated trade
- Section 9 – Practical and basic training of apprentices
- Section 10 – Related instruction of apprentices
- Section 11 – Obligations of employers
- Section 12 – Obligations of apprentices
- Section 13 – Payment to apprentices
- Section 14 – Health, safety and welfare of apprentices
- Section 15 – Hours of work, overtime, leave and holidays
- Section 16 – Employer‟s liability for compensation for injury
- Section 17 – Conduct and discipline
- Section 18 – Apprentices are trainees and not workers
- Section 19 – Records and returns
- Section 20 – Settlement of disputes
- Section 21 – Holding of test and grant of certificate and conclusion of training
- Section 22 – Offer and acceptance of employment