(1) Every employer shall made suitable arrangements inhis workshop for imparting a course of practical training to every apprenticeengaged by him in accordance with the programme approved by the ApprenticeshipAdviser.

(2) ¹ [The CentralApprenticeship Adviser or any otherperson not below the rank of an Assistant Apprenticeship Adviser authorised bythe Central Apprenticeship Adviser in writing in this behalf] shall be given all reasonablefacilities for access to each such apprentice with a view to test his work andto ensure that the practical training is being imparted in accordance with theapproved programme:

Provided that ² [the StateApprenticeship Adviser or any otherperson not below the rank of an Assistant Apprenticeship Adviser authorised bythe State Apprenticeship Adviser in writing in this behalf] shall also be given such facilitiesin respect of apprentices undergoing training in establishments in relation towhich the appropriate Government is the State Government.

³ [(3) Such of the tradeapprentices as have not undergone institutional training in a school or other institution recognised by theNational Council or by any otherinstitution affiliated to or recognised by a Board or State Council ofTechnical Education or any otherauthority which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in thisbehalf, shall, before admissionin the workshop for practical training, undergo a course of basic training. ]

(4) Where an employeremploys in his establishment five hundred or more workers, the basic training shall be imparted to ⁴ [the tradeapprentices] either in separate parts of the workshop building or in a separatebuilding which shall be set upby the employer himself, but the appropriate Government may grant loans to theemployer on easy terms and repayable by easy instalments to meet the cost ofthe land, construction and equipment for such separate building.

⁵ [(4A)Notwithstandinganything contained in sub-section(4), if the number of apprentices to be trained at any time in anyestablishment in which five hundred or more workers are employed, is less thantwelve the employer in relation to such establishment may depute all or any ofsuch apprentices to any Basis Training Centre or Industrial Training Institutefor basic training in any designated trade, in either case, run by theGovernment.

(4B) Where an employerdeputes any apprentice under sub-section(4A), such employer shall pay tothe Government the expenses incurred by the Government on such training at suchrate as may be specified by the Central Government. ]

(5) Where an employeremploys in his establishment less than five hundred workers, the basic training shall be imparted to ⁴ [the tradeapprentices] in training institutes set up by the Government.

(6) In any such traininginstitute, which shall belocated within the premises of the most suitable establishment in the localityor at any other convenient place ⁴ [the trade apprentices] engaged by two or more employers may be imparted basictraining.

(7) ⁶ [In the case of anapprentice other than a graduateor technician apprentice, ⁷ [technician (vocational) apprentice], the syllabusof], and the equipment to be utilised for, practical training including basictraining shall be such as may beapproved by the Central Government in consultation with the CentralApprenticeship Council.

⁵ [(7A) In the case ofgraduate or technician apprentices, ⁷ [technician (vocational) apprentice] theprogramme of apprenticeship training and the facilities required for suchtraining in any subject field inengineering or technology ⁷ [or vocational course] shall be such as may be approved by the Central Government inconsultation with the Central Apprenticeship Council. ]

(8) (a) Recurring costs(including the cost of stipends) incurred by an employer in connection with ⁸ [⁹ [basic training] imparted to trade apprentices other than thosereferred to in clauses(a) and (aa)] of section 6 shallbe borne--

(i) if such employeremploys ¹⁰ [two hundred and fifty] workers or more, by the employer;

(ii) if such employeremploys less than ¹⁰ [two hundred and fifty] workers, by the employer and theGovernment in equal shares up tosuch limit as may be laid down by the Central Government and beyond that limit,by the employer alone;and

(b) Recurring costs(including the cost of stipends) if any, incured by an employer in connectionwith ⁸ [practical training including basic training, imparted to tradeapprentices referred to in clauses (a) and (aa)] of section 6 shall, in every case, be borne by theemployer;

¹¹ [(c) Recurring costs(excluding the cost of stipends) incurred by an employer in connection with thepractical training imparted to graduate or technician apprentices ¹² [technician(vocational) apprentices] shallbe borne by the employer and the cost of stipends shall be borne by the Central Government and the employer inequal shares up to such limitsas may be laid down by the Central Government and beyond that limits by theemployer alone. ]

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1.Substitutedby Act 27 of1973, s. 10, for "The Central Apprenticeship Adviser"(w.e.f. 1-12-1974).

2.Substitutedby Act 27 of1973, s. 10, for "The State Apprenticeship Adviser" (w.e.f. 1-12-1974).

3.Substitutedby Act 27 of1973, s. 10, for sub-section (3)(w.e.f. 1-12-1974).

4.Substitutedby Act 27 of1973, s. 10, for "the apprentices"(w.e.f. 1-12-1974).

5.Insertedby Act 27 of 1973, s. 10(w.e.f. 1-12-1974).

6.Substitutedby Act 27 of1973, s. 10, for "The syllabus of(w.e.f. 1-12-1974).

7.Insertedby Act 41 of 1986, s. 3(w.e.f. 16-12-1987).

8.Substitutedby Act 27 of1973, s. 10, for "practical training imparted to apprentices other than those referred to inclause (a)" (w.e.f. 1-12-1974).

9.Substitutedby Act 4 of 1997, s. 5 for, "practical training, including basic training,"(w.e.f. 8-1-1997).

10.Substitutedby Act 4 of 1997, s. 4, for "five hundred"(w.e.f. 8-1-1997).

11.Insertedby Act 27 of 1973, s. 10(w.e.f. 1-12-1974).

12.Insertedby Act 41 of 1986, s. 3(w.e.f. 16-12-1987).