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National Apprenticeship Act (No. 49 of 1971) - Sect 42

Qualifications for being engaged as an apprentice

42.
(1) A person shall not be qualified for being engaged as an apprentice of any category-
(a) if he is under the age of sixteen years;
(b) if he has attained the age of sixteen years but has not attained the age of eighteen years except with the prior sanction of the Board given in accordance with the succeeding provisions of this section; or
(c) unless he satisfies the prescribed standards of education and physical fitness applicable in the case of that category.
(2) The Board shall not grant its sanction to the engagement of a person as an apprentice of any category under paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) unless the requirements of that category of apprentices make it necessary that apprentices should be recruited under the age of eighteen years.
(3) Different standards of education and physical fitness may be prescribed in respect of different categories of apprentices.

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