MODIFICATIONS IN THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 IN ITS APPLICATION TO APPRENTICES UNDER THE APPRENTICES ACT, 1961
[See
section 16]
In the Workmen's
Compensation Act, 1923,—
(1) in section
2,—
(a) for clause
(e), substitute—
'(e) "employer" means
an employer as defined in the Apprentices Act, 1961, who has engaged one or more
apprentices,';
(b)
omit clause (k);
(c)
for clause .(m), substitute—
'(m) "wages" means
the stipend payable to an apprentice under section 13(1) of the Apprentices Act, 1961,';
(d) for
clause (n), substitute—
'(n) "workman* means any
person who is engaged as an apprentice as defined in
the Apprentices Act, 1961,
and who in the course of-his apprenticeship training is employed in any such capacity as is specified
in
Schedule II.' ;
(2) omit section
12;
(3)
omit section 15;
(4)
omit the proviso to section 21 (1 );
(5) omit the
words "or a registered Trade Union" in section 24;
(6)
omit clause (d) in section 30(1);
(7)
omit clauses (vi), (xi), (xiii),
(xvii), (xviii), (xx), (xxii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi) and (xxxii)
in Schedule II.