Act Number: 52

Act Name: The Apprentices Act, 1961

Year: 1961

Enactment Date: 1961-12-12

Long Title: An Act to provide for the regulation and control of training of apprentices and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Department:

Section 18: Apprentices are trainees and not workers.
    Save as otherwise provided in this Act,--
         (a) every apprentice undergoing apprenticeship training in a designated trade in an establishment shall be a trainee and not a worker; and
         (b) the provisions of any law with respect to labour shall not apply to or in relation to such apprentice
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