Section 4. Item (f) re-lettered as item (i) thereof by s. 17, ibid . (w.e.f. 1-12-1974)

4. Item (f) re-lettered as item (i) thereof by s. 17, ibid . (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). Provided that a State Council shall also perform such functions as are assigned to it by the National Council and the State Apprenticeship Council[1] [and the Board or State Council of Technical Education] shall also perform such functions as are assigned to it by the Central Apprenticeship Council. STATE AMENDMENT Rajasthan Amendment of section 23, Central Act No. 52 of 1961.— For the existing sub-section (2) of section 23 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(2) Every State Council may be affiliated to the National Council and every State Apprenticeship Council may be affiliated to the Central Apprenticeship Council.". [ Vide Rajasthan Act 2 of 2015, s. 7] 6[ 4. Contract of apprenticeship. —(1) No person shall be engaged as an apprentice to undergo apprenticeship training in a designated trade unless such person or, if he is a minor, his guardian has entered into a contract of apprenticeship with the employer. (2) The apprenticeship training shall be deemed to have commenced on the date on which the contract of apprenticeship has been entered into under sub-section (1). (3) Every contract of apprenticeship may contain such terms and conditions as may be agreed to by the parties to the contract: Provided that no such term or condition shall be inconsistent with any provision of this Act or any rule made thereunder. 7[(4) Every contract of apprenticeship entered into under sub-section (1) shall be sent by the employer within thirty days to the Apprenticeship Adviser until a portal-site is developed by the Central Government, and thereafter the details of contract of apprenticeship shall be entered on the portal-site within seven days, for verification and registration. 1. Subs. by Act 29 of 2014, s. 3, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 22-12-2014). 2. Added by Act 27 of 1973, s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 3. Ins. by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 4. Ins. by Act 41 of 1986, s. 4 (w.e.f. 16-12-1987). 5. Ins. by Act 36 of 2007, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-2-2008). 6. Subs. by Act 27 of 1973, s. 7, for section 4 (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 7. Subs. by Act 29 of 2014, s. 4, for sub-section (4) (w.e.f. 22-12-2014). (4A) In the case of objection in the contract of apprenticeship, the Apprenticeship Adviser shall convey the objection to the employer within fifteen days from the date of its receipt. (4B) The Apprenticeship Adviser shall register the contract of apprenticeship within thirty days from the date of its receipt.] 1* * * (6) Where the Central Government, after consulting the Central Apprenticeship Council, makes any rule varying the terms and conditions of apprenticeship training of any category of apprentices undergoing such training, then, the terms and conditions of every contract of apprenticeship relating to that category of apprentices and subsisting immediately before the making of such rule shall be deemed to have been modified accordingly.]