REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 48] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1986/BHADRA 18, 1908 Separate Paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 9th September, 1986/Bhadra 18, 1908 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 8th September, 1986, and is hereby published for general information:— THE APPRENTICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1986 No. 41 OF 1986 [8th September, 1986.]
An Act further to amend the Apprentices Act, 1961.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Apprentices (Amendment) Act,
1986.
(2) 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.
2. In section 2 of the Apprentices Act, 1901 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),—
(1) in clause (d), in sub-clause (1), for item (aa), the following items shall be substituted, namely:— "(aa) the Regional Boards, or
(aaa) the practical training of graduate or technician apprentices or of technician (vocational) apprentices, or";
52 of 1961.
94 G. Of I.
(1) Short title and commencement.
Amendment of section 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAJW H - S I C . 1] Insertion of certain expreitions.
Amend* meiu of section 3A, Amendment of section 6.
Amendment of section 21
(it) In clauses (e) and (k), after the word "technology" whej- •ver it occurs, the words "or any vocational course" shall be inserted;
(iii) in clause (I), after the figures, letters and word "21st August, iy56", the worus, brackets, letters and figures "and re-named as the JMational Council for Vocational Training by the resolution of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour (Dixectorate* General of Employment and Training) No. L>GET|12|21j80-TC, dated the 30th September, 1981" shall be inserted;
(iv) after clause (p), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: — '(pp) "Technician (vocational) apprentice" means an apprentice who holds or is undergoing training in order that he may hold a certificate in vocational course involving twe years of study after the completion of the secondary stage of school education recognised by the All-India Council and undergoes apprenticeship training in any such subject field in any vocational course as may be prescribed;'.
S. In Chapter II of the principal Act,—
(a) after the words "technician apprentice", wherever they occur, the words and brackets "technician (vocational) apprentice" shall be inserted;
(b) after the words "technician apprentices", wherever they occur, the words and brackets "technician (vocational) apprentices" shall be inserted;
(c) after the word "technology", wherever it occurs, the words "or vocational course" shall be inserted.
4. In section 3A of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after the words "Scheduled Tribes", the words "and where thera is more than one designated trade in an establishment, 'such training places shall be reserved also on the basis of the total number of apprentices hi all the designated trades in such establishment" shall be inserted.
5. In section 6 of the principal Act, in clauses (a) and (aa), after the words "trade tests", the words "or examinations" shall be Inserted.
6. In section 21 of the principal Act, for sub-section (<), the following flub-section shall be substituted, namely:— "(4) Every graduate or technician apprentice or technician (vocational) apprentice, who completes his apprenticeship training to the satisfaction of the concerned Regional Board, shall be granted a certificate of proficiency by that Board.".
C. RAMAN MENON, Additional Secy, to the Govt, of India* PRINTED BY THE GENERAL MANAOEK, OOVEKNMBNT OF INDIA FMM,' MWTQ MUD, N1W DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY TOM CONTROLLE* OF PUBLICATION* M U O , 1983 1