THE [1]PUNJAB GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND
ORDINANCE, 1969
( I of
1969)
[18th
March, 1969]
An
Ordinance
to establish a Welfare
Fund for the relief and security of the employees of [2]the Punjab Government and their families.
Preamble.–– whereas, it is expedient to
establish Welfare Fund for the relief and security of the employees of the [3]Punjab
Government and their families;
And whereas the Provincial Assembly of [4]the Punjab is
not in session and the Governor of [5]the
Punjab is satisfied that circumstances exist which render immediate legislation
necessary;
Now,
therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by clause (I) of Article
79 of the
Constitution, the Governor of [6]the Punjab is
pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:–
1.
Short
title, extent and commencement.–– (1) This Ordinance may be called the 7Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund
Ordinance, 1969.
(2)
It shall apply to all Government servants as
hereinafter defined provided that Government may, by notification exempt any
class of Government servants from the operation of this ordinance.
(3)
It shall come into force on such date as Government may
by notification, appoint in this behalf.
2.
Definition.––
In this ordinance, unless the context otherwise require, the following
expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:– (a) “Family” in relation to a Government
servant means his or her––
(i)
wife or wives or husband, as the case may be;
(ii)
legitimate children and step children less than
twelve years old;
(iii)
legitimate children and step children not less
than twelve years old, if residing with and wholly dependent upon him or her;
and
(iv)
parents, sisters and minor brothers, if residing
with and wholly dependent upon him or her.
(b)
[7] “Gazetted Government servant” means
the Government servant holding a post in basic scale 16 or above;
(d)
[9]“Government servant” means a person,
not being a member of an all Pakistan service or a contract employee of the
Government,−
(i)
who is a member of civil service of the Province;
(ii)
who holds a civil post in connection with the affairs
of the Province; or
(iii)
who has retired as a member of civil service of the
Province after completing the age of superannuation and has not attained the
age of sixty five years.
(e)
“Non–gazetted
Government servant” means a Government servant other than Gazetted Government
servant;
(f)
“Prescribed”
means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance;
(g)
“Rules”
means rule made under this Ordinance;
(h)
“Welfare
Fund” means the Welfare fund established under this Ordinance:
(a)
all contributions received under section 6 from
Government servants;
(b)
the contributions made to the Fund by Government, the
Government servants Benevolent Fund or the Police Welfare Fund; and
(c)
any interest of profit accruing on such contributions.
(2)
The Welfare Fund shall be divided into two parts; Part
I for gazetted Government servants and Part II for the non–gazetted Government
servants and each such part shall be maintained and administered separately in
accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(3)
The contribution from gazetted Government servants
received under section 6 shall be credited into Part I of the Welfare Fund and
the contributions received from non–gazetted Government servants shall be
credited into Part II of the Fund.
(4)
The moneys credited into the Welfare Fund shall be kept
in such bank or banks as may be prescribed.
(5)
The Welfare Fund shall be utilized for meeting the
expenses on arrangements to be made with an insurance company or other insurer
for the insurance of Government servants.
(6)
Any sums remaining in the Welfare Fund after defraying
the expenses referred to in sub–section (6) may be utilized for such benefits
to Government servants and their families as may be prescribed.
4.
Constitutions
and powers of the Welfare Board.–– [11](1)
The Government shall constitute the following Welfare Boards:–
(a)
the Provincial Welfare Board (Gazetted); and
(b)
the Provincial Welfare Board (Non–Gazetted).
(2)
Part I of the Welfare Fund shall vest in the Provincial
Welfare Board (Gazetted), and Part II of the Welfare Fund shall vest in the
Provincial Welfare Board (Non–gazetted), and each of the said Boards shall
administer the part of the Welfare Fund vesting in it in such manner as may be
prescribed.
(3)
Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf and
to such directions as may be issued by Government, the Provincial Welfare
Boards:–
(a)
shall from time to time, arrange for the insurance of
the Government servants with which they are concerned in the sums specified in
the Schedule with such insurance company or other insurer as it deems fit;
(b)
shall have the power to sanction expenditure connected
with the administration and management of that part of the Welfare Fund which
vests in them; and
(c)
may do or cause to be done all the things ancillary or
incidental to any of the aforesaid powers or to the purposes of the Welfare
Fund.
5.
[12](1)The arrangement to be made with an insurance
company.–– or other insurer under clause (a) of sub–section (3) of section
4 shall be to the effect that on the death caused due to any reason other than
war, invasion or civil war, of a Government servant of the class specified in
column 1 of the Schedule, the sum specified against that class of Government
servant in column 2 of the Schedule be paid:–
(a)
to such member or members of his family as he may have
nominated for the purpose, in full or in the shares specified by him at the
time of making the nomination;[13]
(b)
where no valid nomination by the Government servant
exists at the time of his death, the sum assured shall be paid to his family,
and in the absence of a family, to
his surviving relatives, if any,
in the manner and in the shares in which the gratuity of deceased Government
servant is payable under the Pension Rules, as in force for the time being [14]; and
[15](c) In the absence of the persons referred to in
clauses (a) and (b) to his heirs.
[16](2 Where death of a
Government servant is caused as a result of war, invasion or civil war, the
sum, as specified in column 2 of the Schedule shall be paid by Government in
the same manner as is provided in clauses (a) and (b) of sub–section (1).
[17](3) Omitted
6.
Payment
of contribution.–– [18](1)
A Government servant, not being a retired Government servant shall pay as his
contribution in the Welfare Fund the sum of money as may be prescribed and the
amount of his contribution shall, as far as possible, be deducted at source
from his pay and the same shall be credited to the Welfare Fund.
(2)
Where the contribution cannot for any reason be
deducted from the pay of the Government servant, he shall remit to the
prescribed officer, the amount of the contribution payable by him
(3)
Any contribution remaining unpaid due to inadvertence
or negligence of the Government servant or otherwise shall be recoverable from
him together with interest.
7.
Government may make rules for the purposes
of giving effect to all or any of the provisions of this ordinance.
[19]SCHEDULE
( See Section 4 and 5)
The sum in which various classes of Government servants are
to be insured:
|
Class of Government servant
|
Sum assured
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
BS.01−04
|
150000
|
|
BS.05−10
|
175000
|
|
BS. 11−15
|
300000
|
|
BS. 16
|
450000
|
|
BS. 17
|
600000
|
|
BS. 18
|
875000
|
|
BS. 19
|
1050000
|
|
BS. 20 and above
|
1250000
|
[1]
Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” vide Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order,
1974.
[2]
Ibid.
[3]
Ibid.
[4]
Ibid.
[7]
Substituted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment)
Ordinance, 1980, which was given effect from 01.07.1979.
[8]
Substituted for the words “Government of West Pakistan” vide Punjab Laws
(Adaptation) Order, 1974.
[9]
Substituted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act,
2009, which was given effect from 01.07.2007.
[10]
Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” vide Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order,
1974.
[11]
Substituted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act,
2009 given effect from 01.07.2007.
[12]
The existing Section 5 was renumbered as sub−section (1) vide the West Pakistan
Government Employees Welfare Fund (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975.
[13]
Word “and” omitted by the Ordinance XII of 1997.
[14]
Word “and” added by the Ordinance XII of 1997.
[15]
Clause “(c)” added by the Ordinance XII of 1997.
[16]
Sub−section (2) was added by the West Pakistan Government Employees Welfare
Fund (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975.
[17]
sub–section (3) omitted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund
(Amendment) Act, 2009 given effect from 01.07.2007.
[18]
Substituted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act,
2009 given effect from 01.07.2007.
[19]
Substituted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act,
2009 given effect from 01.07.2007.
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