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CS Executive · Setting Up of Business, Industrial and Labour Laws · The Apprentices Act, 1961

Ravi Textiles Pvt Ltd runs a factory in Surat and engages Meena as an apprentice. Under the Apprentices Act, 1961 (central text), which provisions apply to Meena's health, safety and welfare during training in the factory?

Chapters III, IV and V of the Factories Act, 1948 apply to an apprentice training in a factory, as if the apprentice were a worker under that Act. The Mines Act chapter is relevant only for training in a mine, so the other options are wrong.

  1. AOnly the terms written in her contract of apprenticeship
  2. BChapters III, IV and V of the Factories Act, 1948, as if she were a worker under that ActCorrect
  3. CChapter V of the Mines Act, 1952, as if she were a person employed in a mine
  4. DThe Shops and Commercial Establishments Act of the State, as if she were an employee

Explanation

Section 14 says that where apprentices undergo training in a factory, Chapters III, IV and V of the Factories Act, 1948 apply to their health, safety and welfare as if they were workers. The Mines Act chapter applies only to training in a mine. The shops-and-establishments extension is a Rajasthan state amendment, not the central text.

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