Section 1 — Short title, extent, commencement and application.

1. Short title, extent, commencement and application.—(1) This Act may be called the
Apprentices Act, 1961.
    (2) It extends to the whole of India2***.
    (3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different States.
    (4) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to—
        (a) any area or to any industry in any area unless the Central Government by notification in the




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    Official Gazette specifies that area or industry as an area or industry to which the said provisions shall

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    apply with effect from such date as may be mentioned in the notification;
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         [(c) any such special apprenticeship scheme for imparting training to apprentices as may be
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    notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.]
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