S.L. 594.9 Art. 6Period of apprenticeship.

The period of apprenticeship shall be of six years:

Provided that six months shall be deducted from the said period of six years, to a total deduction of not more than two years, in respect of each complete year of attendance by the prospective apprentice, following the attainment by him of the twelfth year of his age, at any metal work of mechanical engineering course in a Government technical day-school, such attendance being certified as satisfactory by the Director of the School concerned: Provided that in respect of contracts of apprenticeship entered into after the 1st day of January, 1970, for the words "six years" wherever they occur in this article, there shall be substituted the words "four years".