Section No :  
Legislative Enactments
NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP
Marginal Notes
1. This Act may be cited as the National Apprenticeship Act.
2. Division of apprentices into categories.
3. Application of succeeding provisions of this Act.
4. Establishment of the National Apprenticeship Board.
5. General objects of the Board, [2, 1 of 1988]
6. Powers of the Board.
7. Duties of the Board.
7A. Power to held national tests [3, 1 of 1988]
8. Power of the Minister in relation to the Board
9. Constitution of the Board.
10. Chairman and vice-chairman of the Board.
11. Term of office of the members of the Board.
12. Power of the Minister to remote from office a representative member of the Board.
13. Resignation of representative members.
14. Casual vacancies among representative members,
15. Temporary appointments representative members for Board.
16. Eligibility of representative members for reappointment.
17. Acts or proceedings of the Board deemed not to invalid by reason of any vacancy, or defect in the appointment, of a member.
18. Application of the seal of the Board
19. Reimbursement of expenses of representative members of the Board
20. Meetings of the Board.
21. The Board deemed to be a scheduled institution within the meaning of the Bribery Act.
22. Power of the Board to appoint Committees.
23. Appointment of Director of Apprentice
24. Remuneration of Director,
25. Appointment of acting
26. Staff of the Board.
27. Appointment of public officers to the staff of the Board.
28. Appointment of Inspectors.
29. Powers of inspectors.
30. Apprenticeship Fund.
31. Training cess to be levied and paid in respect of certain establishments.
32. Borrowing powers of the Board.
33. Apprenticeship allowance.
34. Other training costs.
35. Surplus moneys.
36. Board to utilize its moneys
37. Accounts of the Board,
38. Financial year of the Board.
39. Audit of accounts of the Board.
40. The Auditor-General's report.
41. The Auditor-General's report and the report of the annual activities of the Board to be transmitted to the Minister.
42. Qualifications for being engaged as an apprentice.
43. Contract of apprenticeship.
44. Period of training.
45. Termination of contract of apprenticeship.
46. Number of apprentices and their selection.
47. Practical training of apprentices.
48. Obligations of employers.
49. obligations of apprentices.
50. Conditions of work. [2, 4 of 1987]
50A. Provision of Employees Provident Fund Act, No. 15 of 1958 and Employees Trust Fund Act, no. 46 of 1980, not to apply an apprentice.[3, 4 of 1987]
51. Conduct and discipline.
52. State lands and buildings.
53. Exemption from duties.
54. Offences.
55. Offences by bodies of persons.
56. General Penalty-
57. Protection for action taken in good faith.
58. Binding effect of contract.
59. This Act to have precedence over other written law.
60. Rules,
61. Regulations.
62. Protection for action taken under this Act or on the direction of the Board.
63. No writ to issue against person or property of a member of the Board.
64. officers and servants of the Board deemed to the public servants
65. Records and returns.
66. Records to be maintained by the Board
67. Interpretation.