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THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE, 1962 THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE, 1962 ORDINANCE No. LVI OF 1962 [6th June, 1962] An Ordinance to make provision for promoting, developing and regulating systematic apprenticeship programmes in the in dustries and for securing certain minimum standards of skill. 10. Offences penalties and procedure.---(1) If any employer- (a) fails to engage the number of apprentices he is required to engage under section 4; or (b) fails to carry out the terms and conditions of a con tract of apprenticeship; or (c) refuses or neglects to furnish any information required to be furnished by him; or (d) furnishes or causes to be furnished any information which is false and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true; or (e) refuses or neglects to afford the competent authority or an officer authorized by it any reasonable facility for making an entry, inspection, examination or in quiry authorized by or under this Ordinance; or (f) engages an apprentice otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules; or (g) otherwise contravenes any provision of this Ordinance or the rules; he shall be punishable with a fine which may extend to ten thou sand rupees or, in default of payment thereof, with imprisonment which may extend to six months, and in the case of a continuing offence with a further fine which may extend to two hundred rupees for every day after the first during which the offence con tinues: Provided that an offence repeated ninety days or more after the award of the previous punishment shall not be deemed to be a continuing offence for the purpose of this section. (2) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Ordinance save on complaint made by the competent authority. (3) No court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Ordinance.