16. Employer’s liability for compensation for injury.—If personal injury is caused to an apprentice
by accident arising out of and in the course of his training as an apprentice, his employer shall be liable to
pay compensation which shall be determined and paid, so far as may be, in accordance with the
provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923), subject to the modifications specified
in the Schedule.
1. Subs. by Act 29 of 2014, s. 9, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 22-12-2014).
2. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 22-12-2014).
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