Offences and
penalties.
30.
(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 wilfully 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 authorised by the Central or the State Apprenticeship Adviser in writing in this
behalf] any reasonable facility for making any entry, inspection, examination or inquiry
authorised 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.