Apprentices Act, 1961
24.
CONSTITUTION OF COUNCILS. -
(1) The
Central Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish the
Central Apprenticeship Council and the State Government shall, by notification
in the Official Gazette, establish the State Apprenticeship Council.
(2) The
Central Apprenticeship Council shall consist of a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman
and such number of other members as the Central Government may think expedient,
to be appointed by that Government by notification in the Official Gazette from
among the following categories of persons, namely :-
(a)
representatives of employers in establishments in the public and private
sectors,
(b)
representatives of the Central Government and of the State Governments,
(c) persons
having special knowledge and experience on matters relating to industry, labor
and technical education, and
(d)
representatives of the All India Council and of the Regional Boards.
(3) The
number of persons to be appointed as members of the Central Apprenticeship
Council from each of the categories specified in sub-section (2), the term of
office of, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by,
and the manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the Council shall be
such as may be prescribed.
(4) The
State Apprenticeship Council shall consist of a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman and
such number of other members as the State Government may think expedient, to be
appointed by that Government by notification in the Official Gazette from among
the following categories of persons, namely :-
(a)
representatives of employers in establishments in the public and private
sectors,
(b)
representatives of the Central Government and of the State Government,
(c) persons
having special knowledge and experience of matters relating to (Substituted for
the words "industry and labor" by the Apprentices (Amendment) Act, 1973)
industry, labor and technical education, and
(d)
representatives of the Board or of the State Council of Technical Education.
(5) The
number of persons to be appointed as members of the State Apprenticeship Council
from each of the categories specified in sub-section (4), the term of office of,
the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the
manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the Council shall be such as
the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, determine.
(6) The fees
and allowances, if any, to be paid to the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman and the
other members of the Central Apprenticeship Council, shall be such as may be
determined by the Central Government and the fees and allowances, if any, to be
paid to the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman and the other members of the State
Apprenticeship Council shall be such as may be determined by the State
Government.