S.L. 594.10 Art. 6Period of apprenticeship.

(1) The period of apprenticeship in each of the above callings shall be of four years:

Provided that the said period of four years shall be reduced by six months, to a total reduction of not more than one year, in respect of:

(i) each complete year of attendance by the prospective apprentice following the attainment by him of the twelfth year of his age, at any shoe making course in any trade school or institution of a standard approved by the Minister, such attendance being certified as satisfactory by the Director of the school or institution concerned; and

(ii) each year of learnership in any of the above callings, undergone by the prospective apprentice with the permission of the Director: Provided that in respect of contracts of apprenticeship entered into after the first day of January, 1970 -

(a) for the words "in each of the above callings shall be four years" there shall be substituted the words "in the case of Shoe Operative and Shoemaker shall be of four years and in the case of Shoe Uppers-Maker shall be of three years"; and

(b) for the words "four years" in the proviso to subarticle (1), there shall be substituted the words "four and three years as the case may be".

(2) A person who has completed an apprenticeship in either of the callings of shoe uppers-maker or shoemaker shall be credited with two years towards the period of apprenticeship in the other calling.