The Apprentices (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 2014 Act2of2015 Keyword(s): Apprentice, Apprentices Act, Training, Designated Trade DISCLAIMER: This document is being furnished to you for your information by PRS Legislative Research (PRS). The contents of this document have been obtained from sources PRS believes to be reliable. These contents have not been independently verified, and PRS makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness. In some cases the Principal Act and/or Amendment Act may not be available. Principal Acts may or may not include subsequent amendments. For authoritative text, please contact the relevant state department concerned or refer to the latest government publication or the gazette notification. Any person using this material should take their own professional and legal advice before acting on any information contained in this document. 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PRS or any persons connected with it shall not be in any way responsible for any loss, damage, or distress to any person on account of any action taken or not taken on the basis of this document. jjjjkkkkttttLLLLFFFFkkkkkkkkuuuu jjjjkkkktttt&&&&iiii==== RAJASTHAN GAZETTE ffffoooo’’’’kkkkss""ss""kkkkkkkkaaddaadd Extraordinary lkf/kdkj izdkf’kr Published by Authority QkYxqu 13] cq/kokj] 'kk ds 1936&ekpZ 4] 2015 Phalguna 13, Wednesday, Saka 1936-March 4, 2015 Hkkx 4 ¼d½ jktLFkku fo/kku eaMy ds vf/kfu;eA LAW (LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING) DEPARTMENT (GROUP-II) NOTIFICATION Jaipur, March 4, 2015 No. F. 2 (25) Vidhi/2/2014.- The following Act of the Rajasthan State Legislature received the assent of the President on the 27th day of December, 2014 is hereby published for general information:- THE APPRENTICES (RAJASTHAN AMENDMENT) ACT, 2014 (Act No. 2 of 2015) [Received the assent of the President on the 27th day of December, 2014] An Act further to amend the Apprentices Act,1961 in its application to the State of Rajasthan. Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Apprentices (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 2014. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 6, Central Act No. 52 of 1961.- In the Apprentices Act, 1961 (Central Act No. 52 of 1961), in its application to the State of Rajasthan, hereinafter referred to 33¼2½ jktLFkku jkt&i=] ekpZ 4] 2015 Hkkx 4 ¼d½ as the principal Act, for the existing clause (b) of section 6, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(b) in the case of other apprentices, the period of apprenticeship training shall be such as may be prescribed by State Apprenticeship Council;”. 3. Amendment of section 7, Central Act No. 52 of 1961.- For the existing proviso to sub-section (3) of section 7 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “Provided that where a contract is terminated- (a) for failure on the part of the employer to carry out the terms and conditions of the contract, the employer shall pay to the apprentice such compensation as may be determined by the State Apprenticeship Adviser; (b) for such failure on the part of the apprentice, the apprentice shall refund to the employer as cost of training, such amount as may be determined by the State Apprenticeship Adviser.”. 4. Amendment of section 8, Central Act No. 52 of 1961.- For the existing section 8 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “8. Number of apprentices for a designated trade.- (1) The State Government shall, after consulting the State Apprenticeship Council, by order notified in the Official Gazette, determine for each designated trade the ratio of trade apprentices to workers other than unskilled workers in that trade: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall be deemed to prevent any employer from engaging a number of trade apprentices in excess of the ratio determined under this sub-section. (2) In determining the ratio under sub-section (1), the State Government shall have regard to the facilities available for apprenticeship training under this Act in the 2 Hkkx 4 ¼d½ jktLFkku jkt&i=] ekpZ 4] 2015 33¼3½ designated trade concerned as well as to the facilities that may have to be made available by an employer for the training of graduate or technician apprentices or technician (vocational) apprentices, if any, in pursuance of a notice issued to him under sub-section (3A) by the State Apprenticeship Adviser or such other person referred to in that sub-section. (3) The State Apprenticeship Adviser may, by notice in writing, require an employer to engage such number of trade apprentices within the ratio determined by the State Government for any designated trade in his establishment, to undergo apprenticeship training in that trade and the employer shall comply with such requisition: Provided that in making any requisition under this sub-section, the State Apprenticeship Adviser shall have regard to the facilities actually available in the establishment concerned: Provided further that the State Apprenticeship Adviser may, on a representation made to him by an employer and keeping in view the more realistic employment potential, training facilities and other relevant factors, permit him to engage such number of apprentices for a designated trade as is lesser than the number arrived at by the ratio for that trade, not being lesser than thirty percent of the number so arrived at, subject to the condition that the employer shall engage apprentices in other trades in excess in number equivalent to such shortfall. (3A) The State Apprenticeship Adviser or any other person not below the rank of an Assistant Apprenticeship Adviser authorised by the State Apprenticeship Adviser in writing in this behalf shall, having regard to- (i) the number of managerial person (including technical and supervisory persons) employed in a designated trade; 3 33¼4½ jktLFkku jkt&i=] ekpZ 4] 2015 Hkkx 4 ¼d½ (ii) the number of management trainees engaged in the establishment; (iii) the totality of the training facilities available in a designated trade; and (iv) such other factors as he may consider fit in the circumstances of the case; by notice in writing, require an employer to impart training to such number of graduate or technician apprentices or technician (vocational) apprentices in such trade in his establishment as may be specified in such notice and the employer shall comply with such requisition. Explanation.- In this sub-section the expression “management trainee” means a person who is engaged by an employer for undergoing a course of training in the establishment of the employer (not being apprenticeship training under this Act) subject to the condition that on successful completion of such training, such person shall be employed by the employer on a regular basis. (4) Several employers may join together for the purpose of providing practical training to the apprentices under them by moving them between their respective establishments. (5) Where, having regard to the public interest, a number of apprentices in excess of the ratio determined by the State Government or in excess of the number specified in a notice issued under sub-section (3A) should in the opinion of the State Government be trained, the State Apprenticeship Adviser may require employers to train the additional number of apprentices. (6) Every employer to whom such requisition as aforesaid is made, shall comply with the requisition if the State Government concerned makes available such additional facilities and such additional financial assistance as are considered necessary by the State Apprenticeship 4 Hkkx 4 ¼d½ jktLFkku jkt&i=] ekpZ 4] 2015 33¼5½ Adviser for the training of the additional number of apprentices. (7) Any employer not satisfied with the decision of the State Apprenticeship Adviser under sub-section (6), may make a reference to the State Apprenticeship Council and such reference shall be decided by a Committee thereof appointed by the State Apprenticeship Council for the purpose and the decision of that Committee shall be final.”. 5. Amendment of section 9, Central Act No. 52 of 1961.- In section 9 of the principal Act,- (i) for the existing sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) Every employer shall, make suitable arrangements in his establishment or, outsource the same to a suitable third party training provider for imparting a course of practical training to every apprentice engaged by it in accordance with the programme approved by the State Apprenticeship Adviser.”; and (ii) for the existing sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (a) of sub-section (8), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(i) if such employer employs two hundred and fifty workers or more, by the employer and the Government in equal shares up to such a limit as may be laid down by the State Government and such amount shall be reimbursed by the State Government in each case of completion of successful training by the apprentice; (ii) if such employer employs less than two hundred and fifty workers, by the State Government alone and such amount up to such a limit as may be laid down by the State Government shall be reimbursed by the State Government, and beyond that limit by the employer in each case of completion of successful training by the apprentice; and”. 5 33¼6½ jktLFkku jkt&i=] ekpZ 4] 2015 Hkkx 4 ¼d½ 6. Amendment of section 13, Central Act No. 52 of 1961.- For the existing section 13 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “13. Payment to apprentices.- The employer shall pay to every apprentice during the period of apprenticeship training such stipend at a rate not less than the minimum wages notified by State Government under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 11 of 1948) for unskilled worker category, as may be specified in the contract of apprenticeship and the stipend so specified shall be paid at such intervals and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.”. 7. Amendment of section 14, Central Act No. 52 of 1961.- For the existing section 14 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “14. Health, safety and welfare of apprentices.- Where any apprentices are undergoing training in a factory, the provisions of Chapters III, IV and V of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948), shall apply in relation to the health, safety and welfare of the apprentices as if they were workers within the meaning of that Act and when any apprentices are undergoing training in a mine, the provisions of Chapter V of the Mines Act, 1952 (Central Act No. 35 of 1952), shall apply in relation to the health, safety and welfare of the apprentices as if they were persons employed in the mine and when any apprentices are undergoing training in a shop or commercial establishment, the provisions of the Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishments Act,1958 (Act No. 31 of 1958), shall apply in relation to the health, safety and welfare of the apprentices as if they were persons employed in the shop or establishment.”. 8. Amendment of section 23, Central Act No. 52 of 1961.- For the existing sub-section (2) of section 23 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:- 6 Hkkx 4 ¼d½ jktLFkku jkt&i=] ekpZ 4] 2015 33¼7½ “(2) Every State Council may be affiliated to the National Council and every State Apprenticeship Council may be affiliated to the Central Apprenticeship Council.”. द(cid:3)पक माहे(cid:10)व र(cid:3), Principal Secretary to the Government. ffffooooffff////kkkk ¼¼¼¼ffffoooo////kkkkkkkk;;;;hhhh iiiizzkkzzkk::::iiii....kkkk½½½½ ffffooooHHHHkkkkkkkkxxxx ¼¼¼¼xxxxzzqqzziiqqii&&&&2222½½½½ vvvvffff////kkkkllllwwppwwppuuuukkkk tttt;;;;iiiiqqjjqqjj]]]] eeeekkkkppppZZ ZZ 4444]]]] 2222000011115555 llllaa[[aa[[;;;;kkkk iiii---- 2222 ¼¼¼¼22225555½½½½ ffffooooffff////kkkk@@@@2222@@@@2222000011114444----&&&&jktLFkku jktHkk"kk vf/kfu;e] 1956 ¼1956 dk jktLFkku vf/kfu;e la- 47½ dh /kkjk 4 ds ijUrqd ds vuqlj.k esa ^^nh ,izsfUVlst ¼jktLFkku ves.MesUV½ ,DV] 2014 ¼,DV ua- 2 vkWQ 2015½^^ dk fgUnh vuqokn loZlk/kkj.k dh lwpukFkZ ,rn~}kjk izdkf'kr fd;k tkrk gS%& ((cid:2)ा(cid:4)धकृत (cid:10)ह(cid:12)द (cid:14) अनवु ाद) (cid:20)श(cid:22)ु (राज(cid:25)थ ान सशं ोधन) अ(cid:4)ध(cid:30)नयम, 2014 (2015 का अ(cid:4)ध(cid:30)नयम स'ं य ांक 2) [रा(cid:15)(cid:16) प(cid:17)त महोदय क(cid:21) अनमु (cid:17)त (cid:25)दनांक 27 (cid:25)दस(cid:30)ब र, 2014 को #ा$त हुई] 'श)ु अ*ध(cid:17)नयम, 1961 को उसके राजस थ ् ान राज य ् म0 लाग ू होन े के (cid:17)न'मत त ् और सशं ो*धत करन ेके 'लए अ*ध(cid:17)नयम। भारत गणराज य ् के पस9 ठव0 वष < म0 राजस थ् ान राज य ् =वधान-मण ड ् ल (cid:17)नम न् 'ल?खत अ*ध(cid:17)नयम बनाता है :- 1. स(ं (cid:22)प त ् नाम, (cid:2)सार और (cid:2)ारम भ् .- (1) इस अ*ध(cid:17)नयम का नाम 'श)ु (राजस थ ् ान सशं ोधन) अ*ध(cid:17)नयम, 2014 है। (2) इसका #सार समप ् णू <राजस थ् ान राज य ् म0 होगा। (3) यह तरु न त ् #वतृ त् होगा। 2. 1961 के केन . ् (cid:14)य अ(cid:4)ध(cid:30)नयम स.ं 52 क/ धारा 6 का सशं ोधन.- 'श) ु अ*ध(cid:17)नयम, 1961 (1961 का केनD ् (cid:3)य अ*ध(cid:17)नयम स.ं 52), िजसे इसम0 आग ेमलू अ*ध(cid:17)नयम कहा गया है, के राजस थ् ान राज य ् म0 लाग ू होन े के (cid:17)न'मत त ् , उसक(cid:21) 7 33¼8½ jktLFkku jkt&i=] ekpZ 4] 2015 Hkkx 4 ¼d½ धारा 6 के =वGयमान खण ड ् (ख) के स थ ् ान पर (cid:17)नम न ् 'ल?खत #(cid:17)तस थ ् ा=पत Hकया जायेगा, अथा<त:्- ''(ख) अन य् 'श)ुओं क(cid:21) दशा म0 'श)ुता #'श)ण क(cid:21) कालाव*ध उतनी होगी, िजतनी राज य् 'श)ुता पKरषG Gवारा =व(cid:25)हत क(cid:21) जाए;''। 3. 1961 के केन . ् (cid:14)य अ(cid:4)ध(cid:30)नयम स.ं 52 क/ धारा 7 का सशं ोधन.- मलू अ*ध(cid:17)नयम क(cid:21) धारा 7 क(cid:21) उप-धारा (3) के =वGयमान परनत ् कु के स थ ् ान पर (cid:17)नम न् 'ल?खत #(cid:17)तस थ ् ा=पत Hकया जायेगा, अथा<त:्- ''परनत ् ुजहां कोई स=ं वदा- (क) उसके (cid:17)नबन ध् नL और शतM का पालन करने म0 (cid:17)नयोजक क(cid:21) असफलता के कारण पयव< 'सत क(cid:21) जाए, वहा ं (cid:17)नयोजक 'श)ओु ं को ऐसा #(cid:17)तकर देगा, जो राज य ् 'श)ुता सलाहकार Gवारा अवधाKरत Hकया जाए; (ख) 'श)ु क(cid:21) ऐसी असफलता के कारण पयव< 'सत क(cid:21) जाए, वहा ं 'श)ु #'श)ण के खच < के Qप म0 (cid:17)नयोजक को उतनी रकम वापस करेगा, िजतनी राज य् 'श)ुता सलाहकार Gवारा अवधाKरत क(cid:21) जाए।''। 4. 1961 के केन . ् (cid:14)य अ(cid:4)ध(cid:30)नयम स.ं 52 क/ धारा 8 का सशं ोधन.- मलू अ*ध(cid:17)नयम क(cid:21) =वGयमान धारा 8 के स थ् ान पर (cid:17)नम न् 'ल?खत #(cid:17)तस थ ् ा=पत Hकया जायेगा, अथा<त:्- ''8. अ(cid:20)भ(cid:10)हत व य् वसाय के (cid:20)लए (cid:20)श(cid:22)ुओ ं क/ सखं य ् ा.- (1) राज य् सरकार, राज य ् 'श)ुता पKरषG से परामश < करने के पशच ् ात,् हर अ'भ(cid:25)हत वय ् वसाय के 'लए उस वय ् वसाय के अकुशल कमक< ारL स े 'भन न् कमक< ारL से वय ् वसाय 'श)ओु ं का अनपु ात, राजपR म0 अ*धस*ू चत आदेश Gवारा, अवधाKरत करेगी: परनत ् ु इस उप-धारा क(cid:21) कोई बात Hकसी (cid:17)नयोजक को इस उप-धारा के अधीन अवधाKरत अनपु ात स े अ*धक सखं य ् ा म0 वय ् वसाय 'श)ु रखन ेसे (cid:17)नवाKरत करने वाल(cid:3) नह(cid:3) ंसमझी जाएगी। (2) उप-धारा (1) के अधीन अनपु ात अवधाKरत करने म0, राज य् सरकार सबं *ं धत अ'भ(cid:25)हत वय ् वसाय म0 इस अ*ध(cid:17)नयम के अधीन 'श)ुता #'श)ण के 'लए उपलभ य् स=ु वधाओ ं का तथा उन स=ु वधाओ ं 8 Hkkx 4 ¼d½ jktLFkku jkt&i=] ekpZ 4] 2015 33¼9½ का भी, य(cid:25)द कोई हL, धय ् ान रखेगी िजन ह ् 0 Hकसी (cid:17)नयोजक को स न् ातक या तकनीक(cid:21) 'श)ओु ं या तकनीक(cid:21) (वय ् ावसा(cid:17)यक) 'श)ओु ंके #'श)ण के 'लए ऐसी Hकसी सचू ना के अनसु रण म0 उपलब ध ् कराना पड़,े जो उप-धारा (3क) के अधीन राज य ् 'श)ुता सलाहकार Gवारा या ऐसे अन य् वय ् िUत Gवारा जो उस उप-धारा म0 (cid:17)न(cid:25)द<ष ट ् है, उस (cid:17)नयोजक को द(cid:3) गई हो। (3) राज य ् 'श)ुता सलाहकार, 'ल?खत सचू ना Gवारा, (cid:17)नयोजक से यह अपे)ा कर सकेगा Hक वह Hकसी अ'भ(cid:25)हत वय ् वसाय के 'लए राज य ् सरकार Gवारा अवधाKरत अनपु ात के भीतर इतने वय ् वसाय 'श)ओु ं को उस वय ् वसाय म0 'श)ुता-#'श)ण #ाप त् करन े के 'लए अपने स थ ् ापन म0 रखे िजतन े ऐसी सचू ना म0 =व(cid:17)न(cid:25)द<ष ट ् Hकय े जाएं, और (cid:17)नयोजक ऐसी अप)े ा का अनपु ालन करेगा: परनत ् ु इस उप-धारा के अधीन अपे)ा करत े समय राज य् 'श)ुता सलाहकार, सबं *ं धत स थ् ापन म0 वसत ् तु : उपलभ य् स=ु वधाओ ं का धय ् ान रखेगाः परनत ् ुयह और Hक राज य ् 'श)ुता सलाहकार, Hकसी (cid:17)नयोजक Gवारा उस ेअभय ् ावेदन Hकय ेजाने पर और अ*धक यथाथव< ाद(cid:3) (cid:17)नयोजन सशक्त ता, #'श)ण स=ु वधाओ ंएव ंअन य ् ससु गं त कारकL को Xि(cid:15)टगत रखत े हुए, उसे, Hकसी अ'भ(cid:25)हत वय ् वसाय के 'लए 'श)ओु ं क(cid:21) ऐसी सखं य ् ा (cid:17)नयकु ् त करने क(cid:21) अनYु ा दे सकेगा जो उस वय ् वसाय के 'लए अनपु ात Gवारा आने वाल(cid:3) सखं य ् ा से कम हो, जो इस #कार आई सखं य ् ा के तीस #(cid:17)तशत से कम न हो, इस शत < के अधय ् धीन Hक (cid:17)नयोजक अन य् वय ् वसायL म0 ऐसी कमी के बराबर सखं य ् ा से अ*धक 'श)ओु ं को (cid:17)नयकु ् त करेगा। (3क) राज य ् 'श)ुता सलाहकार या इस (cid:17)न'मत त ् राज य ् 'श)ुता सलाहकार Gवारा 'ल?खत Qप म0 #ा*धकृत कोई अन य् वय ् िUत, जो पिं Uत म0 सहायक 'श)ुता सलाहकार से कम न हो- (i) Hकसी अ'भ(cid:25)हत वय ् वसाय म0 (cid:17)नयोिजत #ब न ध् कार वय ् िUतयL क(cid:21) (िजसके अनत ् गत< तकनीक(cid:21) और पयव< )े ी वय ् िUत भी ह9) सखं य ् ा का; 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