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

Ritu Retail Ltd, a shop and commercial establishment in Jaipur, engages trade apprentices. The central text of Section 14 mentions only factories and mines. Which statement about health, safety and welfare of these apprentices is correct per the official text?

The Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 applies. The Rajasthan amendment to Section 14 treats apprentices in a shop or commercial establishment as persons employed there for health, safety and welfare, an extension absent from the central text.

  1. AUnder the Rajasthan amendment, the Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 applies as if they were persons employed in the shop or establishmentCorrect
  2. BThe Factories Act, 1948 Chapters III, IV and V apply because of the central text
  3. CChapter V of the Mines Act, 1952 applies in Rajasthan shops
  4. DNo law applies in Rajasthan because the central text omits shops

Explanation

The Rajasthan amendment (Act 2 of 2015) adds that apprentices training in a shop or commercial establishment are covered by the Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 as if employed there. The central text alone does not extend to shops, but the state amendment fills this gap, so claiming no law applies is wrong.

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