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                                              NATIONAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING ACT, 
                                              1970 (ACT 351)</span></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTE</span></p>
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                                              1. Establishment of National 
                                              Vocational Training Institute.</span></p>
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                                              2. Offices of the Institute.</span></p>
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                                              3. Functions of the Institute.</span></p>
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                                              4. Constitution of the Board.</span></p>
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                                              5. Meetings of the Board.</span></p>
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                                              6. Committees of the Board.</span></p>
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                                              7. Administration and Staffing.</span></p>
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                                              8. Duties of the Director of the 
                                              Institute.</span></p>
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                                              9. Superannuation of employees.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;FINANCIAL PROVISIONS</span></p>
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                                              10. Funds of the Institute.</span></p>
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                                              11. Gifts.</span></p>
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                                              12. Estimates of Income and 
                                              Expenditure.</span></p>
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                                              13. Accounts and audit.</span></p>
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                                              14. Annual Report.</span></p>
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                                              15. Powers of the Minister.</span></p>
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                                              PART III&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
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                                              16. Bye-laws and Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              17. Exemption from taxes and 
                                              rates.</span></p>
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                                              18. Repeals and Revocation.</span></p>
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                                              19. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              20. Commencement of this Act.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              THE THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST</span></p>
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                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE NATIONAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING 
                                              ACT, 1970</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to establish a National 
                                              Vocational Training Institute to 
                                              co-ordinate at the national level 
                                              all aspects of vocational training 
                                              including apprenticeship.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 12th January, 1971</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:-</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTE</span></p>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;Establishment of the 
                                              National Vocational Training 
                                              Institute.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) There is hereby established a 
                                              body corporate to be known as the 
                                              National Vocational Training 
                                              Institute.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Institute shall have 
                                              perpetual succession and a common 
                                              seal and may sue and be sued in 
                                              its corporate name.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The Institute may, for and in 
                                              connection with its functions 
                                              under this Act, purchase, hold, 
                                              manage and dispose of any property 
                                              and may enter into such contracts 
                                              and other transactions as may be 
                                              expedient.</span></p>
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                                              (4) The common seal of the 
                                              Institute shall be kept in such 
                                              custody as the Board may 
                                              determine, and shall not be 
                                              affixed to any document or 
                                              instrument except by order of the 
                                              Board, and in the presence of two 
                                              members of the Board, who shall 
                                              sign any such document or 
                                              instrument independently of the 
                                              signatures of any person who may 
                                              have signed the document or 
                                              instrument as a witness.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Offices.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The head office of the 
                                              Institute shall be at Accra.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Institute may open branch 
                                              offices in all the Regions of 
                                              Ghana for the performance of its 
                                              functions under this Act.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Functions of the 
                                              Institute.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The functions of the Institute 
                                              are&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) to organise apprenticeship, 
                                              in-plant training and training 
                                              programmes for industrial and 
                                              clerical workers, and to train the 
                                              instructors and training officers 
                                              required for that purpose;</span></p>
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                                              (b) to provide for vocational 
                                              guidance and career development in 
                                              industry;</span></p>
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                                              (c) to develop training standards 
                                              and trade testing;</span></p>
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                                              (d) to initiate a continuing study 
                                              of the country's manpower 
                                              requirements at the skilled worker 
                                              level;</span></p>
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                                              (e) to establish and maintain 
                                              technical and cultural relations 
                                              with international organisations 
                                              and other foreign institutions 
                                              engaged in activities connected 
                                              with vocational training; and</span></p>
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                                              (f) subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Act, to do all such things as 
                                              are conducive to the attainment of 
                                              the objects of the Institute.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Institute shall, in the 
                                              exercise of its functions, have 
                                              financial and administrative 
                                              autonomy.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;The Board.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The governing body of the 
                                              Institute shall be a Board.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Chairman and members of 
                                              the Board shall be appointed by 
                                              the President acting on the advice 
                                              of the Prime Minister, in 
                                              accordance with article 49 of the 
                                              Constitution and the provisions of 
                                              this section.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The Board shall consist of&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) a Chairman,</span></p>
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                                              (b) the Director of the Institute,</span></p>
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                                              (c) two members representing the 
                                              Ghana Trades Union Congress,
                                              </span></p>
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                                              (d) two members representing the 
                                              Ghana Employers' Association,</span></p>
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                                              (e) the Chief Technical Education 
                                              Officer, Ministry of Education, 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              (f) two other members.</span></p>
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                                              (4) The Chief Labour Officer and 
                                              the Chairman of the Manpower Board 
                                              may be appointed members of the 
                                              Board under this section and if 
                                              they are not so appointed they 
                                              shall nevertheless be entitled to 
                                              attend and participate at all 
                                              meetings of the Board but shall 
                                              not vote on any matter before the 
                                              Board at any such meetings.</span></p>
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                                              (5) The Chairman of the Board 
                                              shall be a person of recognised 
                                              standing and experience in 
                                              administration and industrial 
                                              training.</span></p>
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                                              (6) The Board shall elect from 
                                              among their number a person, other 
                                              than the Director, to be 
                                              Vice-Chairman of the Board.</span></p>
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                                              (7) A member of the Board other 
                                              than the Director shall hold 
                                              office for the period, not being 
                                              more than three years, specified 
                                              in his instrument of appointment.</span></p>
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                                              (8) The Chairman of the Board may 
                                              resign his office by notice in 
                                              writing addressed to the Minister 
                                              for transmission to the Prime 
                                              Minister.</span></p>
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                                              (9) A member of the Board may 
                                              resign his office by notice in 
                                              writing addressed to the Chairman 
                                              of the Board.</span></p>
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                                              (10) Every member of the Board 
                                              shall, on ceasing to be a member, 
                                              be eligible for re-appointment, 
                                              unless he has ceased to be a 
                                              member as a result of misconduct 
                                              or removal.</span></p>
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                                              (11) Members of the Board may be 
                                              paid such allowance or 
                                              remuneration as the Minister may 
                                              decide.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Meetings of the Board.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Board shall ordinarily 
                                              meet for the despatch of business 
                                              at such times and places as the 
                                              Board may decide but shall meet at 
                                              least once every three months.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Chairman may, and shall at 
                                              the request in writing of not less 
                                              than five members of the Board, 
                                              call an extraordinary meeting of 
                                              the Board at such time and place 
                                              as he may determine.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The quorum at every meeting of 
                                              the Board shall be five or such 
                                              greater number as the Board may 
                                              determine. </span></p>
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                                              (4) The Chairman, if present, 
                                              shall preside at every meeting of 
                                              the Board, and, in his absence, 
                                              the Vice-Chairman, and in the 
                                              latter's absence, any member of 
                                              the Board elected by the members 
                                              present shall preside at the 
                                              meeting.</span></p>
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                                              (5) Subject to any other 
                                              provisions of this Act or any 
                                              bye-laws of the Board, all 
                                              questions proposed at a meeting of 
                                              the Board shall be determined by a 
                                              simple majority of the members 
                                              present and voting and where the 
                                              votes are equal the Chairman or 
                                              the person presiding shall have a 
                                              second or casting vote.</span></p>
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                                              (6) The Board may request the 
                                              attendance of any person to act as 
                                              adviser at any meeting of the 
                                              Board and that person while so 
                                              attending shall have all the 
                                              powers of a member except that he 
                                              shall not vote on any question and 
                                              his presence at the meeting shall 
                                              not count towards the constitution 
                                              of a quorum.</span></p>
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                                              (7) The validity of any act of the 
                                              Board shall not be affected by any 
                                              vacancy among its members or any 
                                              defect in the appointment of a 
                                              member thereof.</span></p>
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                                              (8) Subject to the preceding 
                                              provisions of this paragraph the 
                                              Board may regulate its own 
                                              procedure.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6&#8212;Committees of the Board.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Board may appoint such 
                                              committees consisting of such 
                                              number of persons, whether members 
                                              of the Board or not, as it thinks 
                                              fit to exercise or advise the 
                                              Board on the exercise of any of 
                                              its functions under this Act.</span></p>
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                                              (2) A member of the Board shall be 
                                              appointed chairman of every such 
                                              committee.</span></p>
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                                              Section 7&#8212;Administration and Staff 
                                              Matters.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Board shall, subject to 
                                              the provisions of this Act, have 
                                              the sole management of the 
                                              property, income, funds and 
                                              affairs of the Institute. </span>
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                                              (2) The Institute shall have a 
                                              Director and a Deputy Director.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The Director and the Deputy 
                                              Director shall be appointed by the 
                                              President, acting in accordance 
                                              with the advice of the Prime 
                                              Minister, and shall hold office 
                                              upon such terms and conditions as 
                                              may be prescribed in the 
                                              instrument of appointment.</span></p>
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                                              (4) The Board may employ, upon 
                                              such terms and conditions as the 
                                              Board thinks fit, such persons as 
                                              may be required for the proper and 
                                              efficient discharge of the Board's 
                                              functions.</span></p>
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                                              (5) The Board may delegate to the 
                                              Director of the Institute the 
                                              power to appoint persons to such 
                                              posts as are designated by the 
                                              Board.</span></p>
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                                              (6) Every such appointment shall 
                                              be submitted to the Board for 
                                              approval.</span></p>
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                                              Section 8&#8212;Duties of the Director.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Director shall be the 
                                              principal technical and 
                                              administrative officer of the 
                                              Institute and shall subject to the 
                                              provisions of this Act, perform 
                                              the following duties:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) exercise authority and general 
                                              control over the technical and 
                                              administrative staff of the 
                                              Institute,</span></p>
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                                              (b) co-ordinate and implement the 
                                              training programme of the 
                                              Institute in accordance with the 
                                              general policy of the Board, and</span></p>
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                                              (c) submit to the Board progress 
                                              reports on the projects of the 
                                              Institute.</span></p>
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                                              (2) In the absence of the Director 
                                              shall the Deputy Director, act 
                                              until such time as a new Director 
                                              is appointed.</span></p>
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                                              Section 9&#8212;Superannuation of 
                                              Employees.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Board may grant, subject 
                                              to the provisions of the Social 
                                              Security Act, 1965 (Act 279) and 
                                              in accordance with rules made in 
                                              that behalf by the Board, 
                                              pensions, allowances, gratuities 
                                              or retiring awards to such 
                                              employees of the Board as the 
                                              Board may, after consultation with 
                                              the Minister responsible for 
                                              finance, determine, being 
                                              employees to whom the Pensions 
                                              Ordinance (Cap. 30) does not 
                                              apply.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Board may require any such 
                                              employees to contribute to any 
                                              pension, provident fund or 
                                              superannuation scheme.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;FINANCIAL PROVISIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section 10&#8212;Funds of the Institute.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The funds of the Institute 
                                              shall include&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) any grants received from the 
                                              Government by the Institute for 
                                              the discharge of its functions;</span></p>
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                                              (b) any loans granted to the 
                                              Institute by the Government;</span></p>
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                                              (c) any grants received from the 
                                              United Nations Special Fund or 
                                              from any international 
                                              organization;</span></p>
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                                              (d) any moneys accruing to the 
                                              Institute in the course of the 
                                              performance of its functions under 
                                              this Act; and</span></p>
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                                              (e) gifts.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The assets and liabilities of 
                                              the Apprentices Board, dissolved 
                                              by this Act, are hereby 
                                              transferred to the Board.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 11&#8212;Gifts.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Every gift intended for the 
                                              Institute or for any project of 
                                              the Institute shall be made 
                                              directly to the Institute.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12&#8212;Estimates of 
                                              Expenditure.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Board shall cause to be 
                                              prepared estimates of income and 
                                              expenditure for each financial 
                                              year and submit them through the 
                                              Minister for approval by the 
                                              Government.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Minister shall approve, 
                                              amend or recommend such changes in 
                                              the estimates submitted to him 
                                              under the foregoing subsection as 
                                              the Minister thinks fit.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Board shall ensure that 
                                              any funds approved by the 
                                              Government in pursuance of the 
                                              provisions of this section shall 
                                              be employed solely for the 
                                              purposes for which they were 
                                              approved and in accordance with 
                                              the financial regulations of the 
                                              Institute.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13&#8212;Accounts and Audit.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Board shall keep proper 
                                              books of accounts and proper 
                                              records in relation thereto.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Subject to such directions as 
                                              to form as the Auditor-General 
                                              shall give, the Board shall 
                                              prepare, in respect of each 
                                              financial year, a statement of 
                                              account which shall include&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) a balance sheet, a statement 
                                              of income and expenditure and a 
                                              statement of surplus containing 
                                              such information as, had the Board 
                                              been a company registered under 
                                              the Companies Code, 1963 (Act 
                                              179), would be required to be laid 
                                              before the company by the 
                                              directors at an annual meeting, 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) such other information in 
                                              respect of the financial affairs 
                                              of the Institute as the Minister 
                                              may require.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Board shall submit to the 
                                              Minister such report of the 
                                              Board's financial affairs as the 
                                              Minister may at any time require.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The books and accounts of the 
                                              Institute shall be submitted for 
                                              audit to the Auditor-General 
                                              within three months after the end 
                                              of the financial year.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The Board shall, as soon as 
                                              may be practicable, forward to the 
                                              Minister a copy of the audited 
                                              accounts and the Auditor-General's 
                                              report.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) For the purpose of this 
                                              paragraph, the period extending 
                                              from the commencement of this Act 
                                              to the end of the current 
                                              financial year shall be deemed to 
                                              be a financial year.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 14&#8212;Annual Report.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Board shall, not later 
                                              than six months after the end of 
                                              each financial year, submit an 
                                              annual report to the Minister in 
                                              such form as the Minister may 
                                              prescribe which shall include the 
                                              statement of account specified in 
                                              section 13 (2) of this Act and the 
                                              Minister shall as soon as 
                                              practicable lay the report before 
                                              the Cabinet.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The audited report of the 
                                              Auditor-General shall be included 
                                              in the annual report of the 
                                              Institute and the annual report of 
                                              the Institute shall be published 
                                              in such a manner as the Minister 
                                              may determine.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15&#8212;Minister&#8217;s Powers&#8217;s.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister shall be generally 
                                              responsible for the Institute, 
                                              subject to the provisions of this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16&#8212;Bye-Laws and 
                                              Regulations of the Institute.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Board may, with the 
                                              approval of the Minister, make 
                                              bye-laws or other instruments not 
                                              inconsistent with this Act for the 
                                              purpose of regulating the 
                                              Institute's business or any matter 
                                              falling within the scope of the 
                                              Institute's functions.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Board may in particular 
                                              make bye-laws to&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) govern all employers of 
                                              apprentices in any industry and 
                                              the apprentices of such employers;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) govern other matters relating 
                                              to apprenticeship between such 
                                              employers and apprentices provided 
                                              no such bye-laws are made to apply 
                                              to the following:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              seamen,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) students of a university, 
                                              university college or other 
                                              educational institution who are 
                                              exempted from the provisions of 
                                              this Act by executive instrument 
                                              in the form of an order made by 
                                              the Board, or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (iii) other apprentices belonging 
                                              to any class or description who 
                                              are exempted from the provisions 
                                              of this Act by such instrument;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) specify penalties and fines 
                                              for breach of any such bye-laws; 
                                              and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) make provision for payment of 
                                              fees or &nbsp;charges as the Board 
                                              shall deem fit.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17&#8212;Exemption from Taxes 
                                              and Rates.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Institute shall be exempted 
                                              from any tax imposed under the 
                                              Income Tax Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D. 
                                              78), the Customs and Excise Tariff 
                                              Act, 1966 (Act 318) and any rates 
                                              imposed by any enactment relating 
                                              to local administration.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 18&#8212;Repeals and Revocation.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Apprentices Act, 1961 (Act 
                                              45) and the Apprentices Act 
                                              (Amendment Decree, 1969 (N.L.C.D. 
                                              364)) are hereby repealed and the 
                                              Board constituted under the said 
                                              Act is, subject to the proviso in 
                                              subsection (3), hereby dissolved.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Apprentices Board 
                                              (Functions) Instrument, 1961 (E.I. 
                                              107) is hereby revoked.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Subsections (1) and (2) of 
                                              this section shall not have effect 
                                              with respect to the dissolution of 
                                              the said Board until immediately 
                                              before the first meeting of the 
                                              Board under this Act.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 19&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the Board&quot; means the Board 
                                              constituted under section 4 of 
                                              this Act,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the Institute&quot; means the National 
                                              Vocational Training Institute 
                                              established under section 1 of 
                                              this Act,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              responsible for Labour and 
                                              Co-operatives.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20&#8212;Commencement.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Without prejudice to clause 16 
                                              this Act shall come into operation 
                                              on the 23rd day of October, 1968.</span></td>
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