Apprentices Act, 1961
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 a 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 thereunder.
(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.