Central · Act 52 of 1961

Section 31 — Penalty where no specific penalty is provided.

The Apprentices Act, 1961

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If any employer or any other person contravenes any provision of this Act 1[or of any rules made thereunder for which no penalty is provided in section 30, he shall be liable for the first contravention with an advisory to be complied within thirty days; for the second contravention, be liable to warning to be complied within fifteen days; and for every subsequent contravention, be liable to penalty of not less than one thousand rupees but which may extend to five thousand rupees].


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1. Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for certain words (w.e.f. 22-6-2026).

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More sections of this actSection 1 · Short title, extent, commencement and application.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Qualifications for being engaged as an apprentice.Section 3A · Reservation of training places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in designated trades.Section 3B · Reservation of training places for Other Backward Classes in designated trades.Section 4 · Contract of apprenticeship.Section 5 · Novation of contract of apprenticeship.Section 5A · Regulation of optional trade.
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