Section 14 — Health, safety and welfare of apprentices. | THE APPRENTICES ACT, 1961

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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 (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 (35 of 1952), shall apply in relation to the health and safety of the apprentices as if they
were persons employed in the mine.

                                                  STATE AMENDMENT

Rajasthan

    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:-




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         “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
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     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,
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     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
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     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.”.

[Vide Rajasthan Act 2 of 2015, s. 7]

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