Apprenticeship Act, 1931

Prohibition of apprenticeship of person not possessing prescribed educational qualifications.

17.—(1) Where rules regulating the educational qualifications of apprentices made by an apprenticeship committee are for the time being in force, it shall not be lawful for any person (in this section referred to as an employer) carrying on in the district of such committee the designated trade for which such committee is established to employ by way of apprenticeship in such trade any person unless such person possesses the educational qualifications laid down in such rules.

(2) If an employer employs by way of apprenticeship any person in contravention of this section he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.