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Section 1: Short title, extent, commencement and application.

The Apprentices Act, 1961Central Act · Act 52 of 1961

(1) This Act may be called the Apprentices Act, 1961.

(2) It extends to the whole of India ***.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different States.

(4) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to

(a) any area or to any industry in any area unless the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette specifies that area or industry as an area or industry to which the said provisions shall apply with effect from such date as may be mentioned in the notification;

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[(c) any such special apprenticeship scheme for imparting training to apprentices as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.]

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ActThe Apprentices Act, 1961
Section1
Marginal noteShort title, extent, commencement and application.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • omitted, Act 25 of 1968. . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
  • other. . 1st March, 1962, vide notification No. G.S.R. 246, dated 12th February, 1962, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).
  • omitted, Act 27 of 1973. . Clause (b) omitted by Act 27 of 1973, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-12-1974).
  • substituted. . Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for clause (c) (w.e.f. 1-12-1974).

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