law: Apprentices Act, 1961
  24. 
  
  CONSTITUTION OF COUNCILS. -
  (1) The 
  
  Central Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish the 
  
  Central Apprenticeship Council and the State Government shall, by notification 
  
  in the Official Gazette, establish the State Apprenticeship Council.
  (2) The 
  
  Central Apprenticeship Council shall consist of a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman 
  
  and such number of other members as the Central Government may think expedient, 
  
  to be appointed by that Government by notification in the Official Gazette from 
  
  among the following categories of persons, namely :-
  (a) 
  
  representatives of employers in establishments in the public and private 
  
  sectors,
  (b) 
  
  representatives of the Central Government and of the State Governments,
  (c) persons 
  
  having special knowledge and experience on matters relating to industry, labor 
  
  and technical education, and
  (d) 
  
  representatives of the All India Council and of the Regional Boards.
  (3) The 
  
  number of persons to be appointed as members of the Central Apprenticeship 
  
  Council from each of the categories specified in sub-section (2), the term of 
  
  office of, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, 
  
  and the manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the Council shall be 
  
  such as may be prescribed.
  (4) The 
  
  State Apprenticeship Council shall consist of a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman and 
  
  such number of other members as the State Government may think expedient, to be 
  
  appointed by that Government by notification in the Official Gazette from among 
  
  the following categories of persons, namely :-
  (a) 
  
  representatives of employers in establishments in the public and private 
  
  sectors,
  (b) 
  
  representatives of the Central Government and of the State Government,
  (c) persons 
  
  having special knowledge and experience of matters relating to (Substituted for 
  
  the words "industry and labor" by the Apprentices (Amendment) Act, 1973) 
  
  industry, labor and technical education, and
  (d) 
  
  representatives of the Board or of the State Council of Technical Education.
  
  
  (5) The 
  
  number of persons to be appointed as members of the State Apprenticeship Council 
  
  from each of the categories specified in sub-section (4), the term of office of, 
  
  the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the 
  
  manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the Council shall be such as 
  
  the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, determine.
  
  
  (6) The fees 
  
  and allowances, if any, to be paid to the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman and the 
  
  other members of the Central Apprenticeship Council, shall be such as may be 
  
  determined by the Central Government and the fees and allowances, if any, to be 
  
  paid to the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman and the other members of the State 
  
  Apprenticeship Council shall be such as may be determined by the State 
  
  Government.