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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Apprentices Act, 1961 Section 3A

Reservation of Training Places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in Designated Trades

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Apprentices Act, 1961 Section 3A is part of Apprentices Act, 1961 - Reservation of Training Places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in Designated Trades. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1 [3A. Reservation of training places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in designated trades

(1) In every designated trade, training places shall be reserved by the employer for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes 2 [and where there is more than one designated trade in an establishment, such training places shall be reserved also on the basis of the total number of apprentices in all the designated trades in such establishment.]

(2) The number of training places to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes under sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed, having regard to the population of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the State concerned.

Explanation.--In this section, the expressions "Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribes" shall have the meanings as in clauses (24) and (25) of article 366 of the Constitution.]

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1. Inserted by Act 27 of 1973, section 6 (w.e.f. 1-12-1974).

2. Inserted by Act 41 of 1986, section 4 (w.e.f 16-12-1987).

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What does Apprentices Act, 1961 Section 3A provide?

Section Section 3A of the Apprentices Act, 1961 (Reservation of Training Places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in Designated Trades) is reproduced on this page as part of the Apprentices Act, 1961. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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