law: Apprentices Act, 1961
  30. OFFENCES 
  
  AND PENALTIES. -
  (1) If any 
  
  employer -
  (a) engages 
  
  as an apprentice a person who is not qualified for being so engaged, or
  (b) fails to 
  
  carry out the terms and conditions of a contract of apprenticeship, or
  (c) 
  
  contravenes the provisions of this Act relating to the number of apprentices 
  
  which he is required to engage under those provisions, he shall be punishable 
  
  with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine or with 
  
  both.
  (2) If any 
  
  employer or any other person -
  (a) required 
  
  to furnish any information or return -
  (i) refuses 
  
  or neglects to furnish such information or return, or
  (ii) 
  
  furnishes or causes to be furnished any information or return which is false and 
  
  which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, or
  
  
  (iii) 
  
  refuses to answer, or gives a false answer to any question necessary for 
  
  obtaining any information required to be furnished by him, or
  (b) refuses 
  
  or willfully neglects to afford the Central or the State Apprenticeship Adviser 
  
  or such other person, not below the rank of an Assistant Apprenticeship Adviser, 
  
  as may be authorized by the Central or the State Apprenticeship Adviser in 
  
  writing in this behalf any reasonable facility for making any entry, inspection, 
  
  examination or inquiry authorized by or under this Act, or
  (c) requires 
  
  an apprentice to work overtime without the approval of the Apprenticeship 
  
  Adviser, or
  (d) employs 
  
  an apprentice on any work which is not connected with his training, or
  (e) makes 
  
  payment to an apprentice on the basis of piecework, or
  (f) requires 
  
  an apprentice to take part in any output bonus or incentive scheme, he shall be 
  
  punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with 
  
  fine or with both.