law: Apprentices Act, 1961
  2. 
  
  DEFINITIONS. -
  In this Act, 
  
  unless the context otherwise requires, -
  (a) "All 
  
  India Council" means the All India Council of Technical Education established by 
  
  the resolution of the Government of India in the former Ministry of Education 
  
  No. F. 16-10/44-E.III, dated the 30th November, 1945;
  (aa) 
  
  "apprentice" means a person who is undergoing apprenticeship training in 
  
  pursuance of a contract of apprenticeship;
  (aaa) 
  
  "apprenticeship training" means a course of training in any industry or 
  
  establishment undergone in pursuance of a contract of apprenticeship and under 
  
  prescribed terms and conditions which may be different for different categories 
  
  of apprentices;
  (b) 
  
  "Apprenticeship Adviser" means the Central Apprenticeship Adviser appointed 
  
  under sub-section (1) of section 26 or the State Apprenticeship Adviser 
  
  appointed under sub-section (2) of that section;
  (c) 
  
  "Apprenticeship Council" means the Central Apprenticeship Council or the State 
  
  Apprenticeship Council established under sub-section (1) of section 24;
  (d) 
  
  "appropriate Government" means, -
  (1) in 
  
  relation to -
  (a) the 
  
  Central Apprenticeship Council, or
  (aa) the 
  
  Regional Boards, or
  (aaa) the 
  
  practical training of graduate or technician apprentices or of technician 
  
  (vocational) apprentices, or;
  (b) any 
  
  establishment of any railway, major port, mine or oil field, or
  (c) any 
  
  establishment owned, controlled or managed by -
  (i) the 
  
  Central Government or a department of the Central Government,
  (2) a 
  
  company in which not less than fifty-one per cent of the share capital is held 
  
  by the Central Government or partly by that Government and partly by one or more 
  
  State Governments,
  (3) a 
  
  corporation (including a co-operative society) established by or under a Central 
  
  Act which is owned, controlled or managed by the Central Government, the Central 
  
  Government;
  (2) in 
  
  relation to -
  (a) a State 
  
  Apprenticeship Council, or
  (b) any 
  
  establishment other than an establishment specified in sub-clause (1) of this 
  
  clause, the State Government;
  (dd) "Board 
  
  or State Council of Technical Education" means the Board or State Council of 
  
  Technical Education established by the State Government;
  (e) 
  
  "designated trade" means any trade or occupation or any subject field in 
  
  engineering or technology or any vocational course which the Central Government, 
  
  after consultation with the Central Apprenticeship Council, may, by notification 
  
  in the Official Gazette, specify as a designated trade for the purposes of this 
  
  Act;
  (f) 
  
  "employer" means any person who employs one or more other persons to do any work 
  
  in an establishment for remuneration and includes any person entrusted with the 
  
  supervision and control of employees in such establishment;
  (g) 
  
  "establishment" includes any place where any industry is carried on and where an 
  
  establishment consists of different departments or have branches, whether 
  
  situated in the same place or at different places, all such departments or 
  
  branches shall be treated as part of that establishment;
  (h) 
  
  "establishment in private sector" means an establishment which is not an 
  
  establishment in public sector;
  (i) 
  
  "establishment in public sector" means an establishment owned, controlled or 
  
  managed by -
  (1) the 
  
  Government or a department of the Government;
  (2) a 
  
  Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 
  
  1956);
  (3) a 
  
  corporation (including a co-operative society) established by or under a 
  
  Central, Provincial or State Act, which is owned, controlled or managed by the 
  
  Government;
  (4) a local 
  
  authority;
  (j) 
  
  "graduate or technician apprentice" means an apprentice who holds, or is 
  
  undergoing training in order that he may hold a degree or diploma in engineering 
  
  or technology or equivalent qualification granted by any institution recognized 
  
  by the Government and undergoes apprenticeship training in any such subject 
  
  field in engineering or technology as may be prescribed;
  (k) 
  
  "industry" means any industry or business in which any trade, occupation or 
  
  subject field in engineering or technology or any vocational course may be 
  
  specified as a designated trade;
  (l) 
  
  "National Council" means the National Council for Training in Vocational Trades 
  
  established by the resolution of the Government of India in the Ministry of 
  
  Labor (Directorate General of Resettlement and Employment) No. TR/E.P-24/56, 
  
  dated the 21st August, 1956 and re-named as the National Council for Vocational 
  
  Training by the resolution of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labor 
  
  (Directorate-General of Employment and Training) No. DGET/12/21/80-TC, dated the 
  
  30th September, 1981;
  (m) 
  
  "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  (mm) 
  
  "Regional Board" means any Board of Apprenticeship Training registered under the 
  
  Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) at Bombay, Calcutta, Madras or 
  
  Kanpur;
  (n) "State" 
  
  includes a Union territory;
  (o) "State 
  
  Council" means a State Council for Training in Vocational Trades established by 
  
  the State Government;
  (p) "State 
  
  Government" in relation to a Union territory means the Administrator thereof;
  
  
  (pp) 
  
  "technician (vocational) apprentice" means an apprentice who holds or is 
  
  undergoing training in order that he may hold a certificate in vocational course 
  
  involving two years of study after the completion of the secondary stage of 
  
  school education recognized by the All-India Council and undergoes 
  
  apprenticeship training in any such subject field in any vocational course as 
  
  may be prescribed;
  (q) "trade 
  
  apprentice" means an apprentice who undergoes apprenticeship training in any 
  
  such trade or occupation as may be prescribed;
  (r) "worker" 
  
  means an person who is employed for wages in any kind of work and who gets his 
  
  wages directly from the employer but shall not include an apprentice referred to 
  
  in clause (aa). (a) is not less than fourteen years of age, and (b) satisfies 
  
  such standards of education and physical fitness as may be prescribed :
  Provided that different standards may be prescribed in relation to apprenticeship 
  
  training in different designated trades and for different categories of 
  
  apprentices.