9. Section 40 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor :-
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| | (1) A Wages Board established for any trade may determine the conditions subject to which any workers may be employed in that trade as apprentices or learners. (2) Where a Wages Board established for any trade determines any conditions under subsection (1), every employer in that trade shall fulfil those conditions in employing any worker in that trade as an apprentice or a learner. | | |
| | (3) No employer in any trade for which a Wages Board has been established shall, without the written permission of the Commissioner of Labour, employ a worker in that trade as an apprentice or a learner. Such permission may be granted generally in regard to the employment of workers as apprentices or learners or specifically in regard to the employment of workers as apprentices or learners of any particular class. | | |
| | (4) Where the Commissioner of Labour is satisfied that an employer in any trade for which a Wages Board has been established does not provide facilities for the training of apprentices or learners, or does not fulfil such conditions as are determined by that board under subsection (1), or does not observe the provisions of subsection (5), the Commissioner of Labour may withdraw any permission granted by him to that employer under subsection (3). | | |
| | (5) Where a worker in any trade, being a person to whom a minimum rate of wages is applicable, is employed as an apprentice or a learner, his employer shall not receive directly or indirectly from him, or on his behalf, or on his account, any payment by way of premium : | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts