1.A principal, with the consent of the articled assistant, may depute the latter for training for a period not exceeding six months to a member eligible to engage and train an articled clerk or articled assistant or apprentice, by whatever name called, under the bye-laws of an institution or body etc. set up in the respective countries under the relevant Statutes.
2.The articled clerk shall be seconded only to a member who is entitled to train one or more articled clerks in his own right or to a member in industry who is entitled to train one or more industrial trainees.
3.The member to whom the articled clerk is seconded will not be entitled to train more than two such clerks on secondment at a time.
4.(a) The maximum period of secondment shall be one year which may be served with a single eligible member.
(b) The Council may permit secondment with more than one such member provided the minimum period of secondment shall be four months and the aggregate period served on secondment with such members shall not exceed one year.
5.Where an articled assistant is seconded to a member in industry, the total period spent in industry by the articled assistant, including the period of industrial training under these regulations, shall not exceed one year.
6.During the period of secondment, the member with whom the articled assistant is seconded shall pay the stipend as provided under these regulations.
7.The member with whom the articled assistant is seconded shall be responsible for imparting training during secondment. He shall maintain records of practical training undergone by the articled assistant during secondment and forward the same to the principal on completion of period of secondment. The principal shall include required particulars in the report to the Council under regulation 64.
8.A statement in the form approved by the Council shall be sent to the Secretary for records within thirty days from the date of commencement of training on secondment.
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