30.       Offences and penalties -

 

(1)      If any employer-          

(a)     engages  as  an apprentice a person who is not qualified for being so engaged, or

(b)      fails  to  carry  out  the  terms  and  conditions  of  a contract of apprenticeship or 

(c)      contravenes  the  provisions  of this Act relating to the number of apprentices which he is required to  engage  under  those provisions, 

                                                                                      

 

 

(2)     If any employer or any other person-

(a)      required to furnish any information or return-    

                             (i)      refuses or neglects to furnish  such  information or return, or

(ii)     furnishes  or  causes  to be furnished any information or return which is false and which is either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, or

(iii)     refuses to answer, or give a false answer to any question necessary for obtaining any information required to be  furnished by him, or

(b)      refuses  or wilfully neglects to afford ¹[ the Central or the State Apprenticeship Adviser or such other person, not below  the rank of an Assistant Apprenticeship Adviser, as may be authorised by  the central or the State Apprenticeship Adviser in writing in this behalf]  any  reasonable  facility  for  making  any  entry, inspection,  examination  or  inquiry authorised by or under this Act, or

(c)      requires an apprentice to work overtime without the  approval of the Apprenticeship Adviser, or

(d)     employs  an  apprentice  on any work which is not connected with his training, or 

(e)      makes payment to an apprentice on the basis of piece-work, or 

(f)       requires an apprentice to take part in any  output  bonus  or incentive scheme.

 he  shall  be  punishable  with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six month or with fine or with both.

 

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1.    Subs. By Act 27 of 1973