law: Apprentices Act, 1961
  7. 
  
  TERMINATION OF APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACT. -
  (1) The 
  
  contract of apprenticeship shall terminate on the expiry of the period of 
  
  apprenticeship training.
  (2) Either 
  
  party to a contract of apprenticeship may make an application to the 
  
  Apprenticeship Adviser for the termination of the contract, and when such 
  
  application is made, shall send by post a copy thereof to the other party to the 
  
  contract.
  (3) After 
  
  considering the contents of the application and the objections, if any, filed by 
  
  the other party, the Apprenticeship Adviser may, by order in writing, terminate 
  
  the contract if he is satisfied that the parties to the contract or any of them 
  
  have or has failed to carry out the terms and conditions of the contract and 
  
  that it is desirable in the interests of the parties or any of them to terminate 
  
  the same :
  Provided that where a contract is terminated -
  (a) for 
  
  failure on the part of the employer to carry out the terms and conditions of the 
  
  contract, the employer shall pay to the apprentice such compensation as may be 
  
  prescribed;
  (b) for such 
  
  failure on the part of the apprentice, the apprentice or his guardian shall 
  
  refund to the employer as cost of training such amount as may be determined by 
  
  the Apprenticeship Adviser.
  (4) 
  
  Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, where a 
  
  contract of apprenticeship has been terminated by the Apprenticeship Adviser 
  
  before the expiry of the period of apprenticeship training and a new contract of 
  
  apprenticeship is being entered into with a new employer, the Apprenticeship 
  
  Adviser may, if he is satisfied that the contract of apprenticeship with the 
  
  previous employer could not be completed because of any lapse on the part of the 
  
  previous employer, permit the period of apprenticeship training already 
  
  undergone by the apprentice with his previous employer to be included in the 
  
  period of apprenticeship training to be undertaken with the new employer.