1982 Ed.]
Apprenticeship
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22. (1) Where the Director is of the opinion that a registered apprentice has not or will not satisfactorily complete his apprenticeship on grounds of--
(a) absence of the apprentice, due to illness or any other reasonable cause, from employment;
(b) non-attendance of the apprentice, due to illness or any other reasonable cause, at any course of instruction which he is required to attend under an attendance order; or
(c) failure of the apprentice to pass any examination or test which he is required to pass,
the Director may extend the period of apprenticeship specified in the contract of apprenticeship for a further period not exceeding one year.
(2) Where the Director extends the period of apprenticeship under subsection (1) he shall---
(a) enter in the register and in any copy of the contract of apprenticeship produced to him a note of the extended period; and
(b) notify in writing the parties to the contract and, if necessary, the technical institution concerned of the extended period and the grounds on which the period was extended. (Amended 13 of 1982, s. 11)
23. (1) Where a person, before entering into a contract of apprenticeship in a designated trade, obtains any special qualification specified by the Director in respect of that designated trade for the purposes of this section, the Director may reduce the minimum period of apprenticeship specified for that designated trade by any period not exceeding one year.
(2) Where the Director reduces the period of apprenticeship under subsection (1) he shall-
(a) enter in the register and in any copy of the contract of apprenticeship produced to him a note of the reduced period; and
(b) notify the parties to the contract in writing of the reduced period and the grounds on which the period was reduced.
(Amended 13 of 1982, s. 11)
24. (1) A registered contract of apprenticeship shall not be assigned from one employer to another employer except pursuant to this section or section 25.
(2) On receipt of an application in writing for approval to assign a contract of apprenticeship, the Director may, after making such inquiries as he thinks fit and obtaining the consent of the apprentice and his guardian (if any), approve the proposed assignment.
Apprenticeship term may be extended in certain cases.
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Apprenticeship period may be shortened where special qualification is obtained.
Assignment of contract of apprenticeship by employer.