Section 18 — Apprentices are trainees and not workers.

THE APPRENTICES ACT, 1961

18. Apprentices are trainees and not workers.—Save as otherwise provided in this Act,—
         (a) every apprentice undergoing apprenticeship training in a designated trade in an establishment
    shall be a trainee and not a worker; and
         (b) the provisions of any law with respect to labour shall not apply to or in relation to such
    apprentice.

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