Apprentices Act, 1961
7.
TERMINATION OF APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACT. -
(1) The
contract of apprenticeship shall terminate on the expiry of the period of
apprenticeship training.
(2) Either
party to a contract of apprenticeship may make an application to the
Apprenticeship Adviser for the termination of the contract, and when such
application is made, shall send by post a copy thereof to the other party to the
contract.
(3) After
considering the contents of the application and the objections, if any, filed by
the other party, the Apprenticeship Adviser may, by order in writing, terminate
the contract if he is satisfied that the parties to the contract or any of them
have or has failed to carry out the terms and conditions of the contract and
that it is desirable in the interests of the parties or any of them to terminate
the same :
Provided that where a contract is terminated -
(a) for
failure on the part of the employer to carry out the terms and conditions of the
contract, the employer shall pay to the apprentice such compensation as may be
prescribed;
(b) for such
failure on the part of the apprentice, the apprentice or his guardian shall
refund to the employer as cost of training such amount as may be determined by
the Apprenticeship Adviser.
(4)
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, where a
contract of apprenticeship has been terminated by the Apprenticeship Adviser
before the expiry of the period of apprenticeship training and a new contract of
apprenticeship is being entered into with a new employer, the Apprenticeship
Adviser may, if he is satisfied that the contract of apprenticeship with the
previous employer could not be completed because of any lapse on the part of the
previous employer, permit the period of apprenticeship training already
undergone by the apprentice with his previous employer to be included in the
period of apprenticeship training to be undertaken with the new employer.