General Provident Fund Rules PDF
General Provident Fund Rules PDF
General Provident Fund Rules PDF
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
FINANCE DIVISION
UPDATED EDITION
2017
PREFACE
The General Provident Fund (Federal Services) Rules were last published on
14th February, 1983. During the last thirty four years, some of its provisions have not
only undergone considerable changes but the booklet itself has also become out of
stock. The contribution to the General Provident Fund had been made compulsory and
payment of premia of the Life Insurance from the General Provident Fund accumulations
had been discontinued. It has, therefore, been considered necessary to bring out a
revised and up-dated edition, incorporating the latest instructions.
2. The Provident Funds Act, 1925 has also been added in addition to General
Provident Funds Rules relating to Government employees in BPS 1-4 for the ease of
reference. Accordingly the General Provident Fund Rules have been updated by
deleting obsolete provisions, making textual changes, where necessary.
3. Any error or omission, found in the booklet, may please be brought to the
notice of the Ministry of Finance, Islamabad.
Secretary to the
Government of Pakistan,
Finance Division.
Dated: 12-12-2017.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Nominations…………………………………………………….... 8 4-5
Subscriber’s Accounts.…………………………………………... 9 5
Interest.……………………………………………………………. 14 7-11
Schedules...……………………………………………………….. - 47
Appendices...………………………………………………………. - 50-62
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GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN,
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule ‗‗(2)‘‘of rule 33, rule 37, rule 42
and clause (d) of rule 44 of Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, and
of his powers in respect of personnel serving under his control who have been excluded
from the scope of the said Rules, and in supersession, subject to any express saving
provisions contained in the rules made herewith, of the existing rules regulating the
General Provident Fund in their application to persons subject to the rule-making
powers or control of the 1Governor-General, the 1Governor-General has made the
following rules:—
1. (a) These rules may be called the General Provident Fund *(Central Services)
Rules.
(a) Account Officer means such officer as may be appointed in this behalf
by the Auditor-General of Pakistan.
(i) in the case of a male subscriber, the wife or wives and children of
a subscriber, and the widow, or widows, and children of a
deceased son of the subscriber. Provided that if a subscriber
proves that his wife has been judicially separated from him or has
ceased under the customary law of the community to which she
belongs to be entitled to maintenance, she shall henceforth be
1
[Now President as substituted by Ministry of Law Notification No. F. 13(1)/59-D&L, dated 24-1-1961, Gaz. Of Pak., Extra.,
Pp.102-103, as issued vide their Notification No.F.2(18)/60-Lagis., dated 24-1-1961, Gaz. of Pak., Pp.71-72.]
2
Amended vide G.P.F.D. Notification No.F.1(2)MUC/82, dated 18-8-1982.
3
Omitted vide G.P.F.D. Notification No.F.2(56)-R.8/72, dated 4-12-1972.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No. F. 24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-08-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435436, dated 01-8-1975.
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(e) Leave means any variety of leave recognised by the Fundamental Rules
or the Civil Service Regulations.
4(g) Continuous Service means service which includes all kinds of leave with
or without pay and foreign service.
(2) Any other expression used in these Rules which is defined either in the
Provident Funds Act (XIX of 1925) or in the Fundamental Rules is used in the sense
therein defined.
(3) Nothing in these rules shall be deemed to have the effect of terminating the
existence of the General Provident Fund as heretofore existing or of constituting any
new Fund.
4
Inserted w.e.f. 1-9-1953.
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(including probationary service) irrespective of the class to which they belong, whose
conditions of service the President is competent to determine, shall be eligible to join the
Fund:
Provided further that any Government servant not qualified for membership
under this rule who has been duly admitted to membership under rules6 or orders
heretofore in force shall continue to be a member and shall be governed by any special
provision relating to obligation for, and rates of, subscription from time to time
contained in those rules or orders for so long as his conditions of service continue to be
determined by the President.
5. 7Deleted.
86.
(1) All eligible Government servants in permanent pensionable and non-
pensionable service and those temporary or officiating Government servants who have
completed 2 years9 continuous temporary and/or officiating service shall join the Fund
as compulsory subscribers.
(2) All other eligible Government servants may elect to join the Fund as
optional subscribers.
(i) Government servants who have been re-employed after retirement should
be treated as compulsory subscribers to the General Provident Fund if the
period of such re-employment exceeds two years.
(ii) Government servants who have been re-employed after retirement without
any stipulation as regards the period but are likely to be replaced at any
time as soon as suitable officers are available may be treated at par with
temporary Government servants similarly placed.
5
Substituted w.e.f. 1-9-1953.
6
See Appendix A.
7
Deleted w.e.f. 1-9-1953.
8
Substituted w.e.f. 1-9-1953.
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Executive authorities should inform the Accounts Officer concerned as soon as any Government servant becomes liable to subscribe.
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(iv) Contract Officers whose contract does not provide for subscribing to
General Provident Fund may be invited by the appointing authority to join
the scheme as compulsory subscribers.
(v) Persons who are not career officers but are appointed in Pakistan Missions
abroad as Ambassadors, Ministers and to other diplomatic posts may also
be brought within the purview of the Compulsory Provident Fund Scheme
as a whole.
(vi) The compulsory savings scheme is not applicable to the locally recruited
staff in Pakistan Missions abroad.
7. (i) A Government servant who exercises the option allowed by rule 6 (2) may
discontinue subscribing to the Fund at any time, but his right of renewing subscription
shall lapse if he discontinues subscribing except when on leave, more than three times.
Nominations
8. (1) A subscriber shall, as soon as may be after joining the Fund, send to the
Account Officer a nomination conferring on one or more persons the right to receive the
amount that may stand to his credit in the Fund, in the event of his death before that
amount has become payable, or having become payable has not been paid:
Provided that if, at the time of making the nomination, the subscriber has a
family, the nomination shall not be in favour of any person or persons other than the
members of his family.
Administrative Instruction:—
A copy of the nomination paper may be kept in service book of the employee in
the case of non-gazetted Government Servant and in the personal file in the case of a
Gazetted Officer.
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(2) If a subscriber nominates more than one person under sub-rule (1), he shall
specify in the nomination the amount or share payable to each of the nominees in such
manner as to cover the whole of the amount that may stand to his credit in the Fund at
any time.
(3) Every nomination shall be in such one of the Forms set forth in the First
Schedule as is appropriate in the circumstances.
Provided that the subscriber shall, along-with such notice, send a fresh
nomination made in accordance with the provisions of sub-rules (1) to (3).
(5) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-rule (4), a subscriber shall along-
with every nomination made by him under this rule send to the Account Officer a
contingent notice of cancellation which shall be in such one of the Forms set forth in the
Second Schedule as is appropriate in the circumstances.
(8) Nothing in sub-rules (1) to (3) shall be deemed to invalidate or to require the
replacement by a nomination thereunder of, a nomination duly made before, and
subsisting on 4th September, 1941:
Provided that in respect of every such nomination, the subscriber shall, as soon
as may be after the said date send to the Account Officer a contingent notice of
cancellation in such one of the Forms set forth in Second Schedule as is appropriate in
the circumstance.
Subscriber’s Accounts
9. An account shall be prepared in the name of each subscriber and shall show
the amount of his subscriptions with interest thereon calculated as prescribed in sub-rule
(2) of Rule 14.
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10. (1) Except as provided in rule 7, a subscriber shall subscribe monthly to the
Fund except during a period of suspension:
Provided that a subscriber may, at his option, elect not to subscribe during leave:
(2) The subscriber shall intimate his election not to subscribe during leave in
the following manner:—
(a) If he is an officer who draws his own pay bills, by making no deduction on
account of subscription in his first pay bill drawn after proceeding on leave.
(b) If he is not an officer who draws his own pay bills, by written
communication to the head of his office before he proceeds on leave. Failure
to make due and timely intimation shall be deemed to constitute an election
to subscribe.
(3) A subscriber who has, under rule 30, withdrawn the amount standing to his
credit in the Fund shall not subscribe to the Fund after such withdrawal unless and until
he returns to duty.
10[11.
(1) The amount of subscription towards G. P. Fund shall be fixed by the
Government from time to time.
Realization of Subscription
1113.
(1) When emoluments are drawn from a Government treasury in Pakistan or
when the Government servant is on foreign service outside Pakistan, the recovery of
subscriptions on account of these emoluments and of the principal and interest of
advances shall be made from the emolument themselves, and recovery on the above
10
Substituted by S.R.O. 388 (l)/90 [F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.583/90], Islamabad, the 24th April 1990, the Gazette of Pakistan,
Extraordinary, Part II, Page No 480, dated April 30, 1990.
11
Substituted vide Finance Division Notification No. F.1 (2) MUC/82, dated 18-08-1982.
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account from Government servants on foreign service outside Pakistan shall be made in
foreign exchange through the Embassy of Pakistan in the country concerned in such
manner as the Federal Government may, from time to time, direct.
(2) When emoluments are drawn from any other source the subscriber shall
forward his dues monthly to the Account Officer.
(3) If a Government servant fails to subscribe with effect from the date on
which he is required to join the Fund under rule 6, the total amount due to the Fund on
account of arrears of subscription shall, with interest thereon at the rate provided in rule
14, forthwith be paid by the subscriber to the Fund, or in default be ordered by the
Account Officer to be recovered by deduction from the emoluments of the subscriber by
installments or otherwise, as may be directed by the authority competent to sanction an
advance for the grant of which special reasons are required under clause (c) of sub-rule
(1) of rule 15.
Interest
14. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (5) below, Government shall pay to the
credit of the account of a subscriber interest at such rate as may be determined for each
year according to the method of calculation prescribed from time to time by the
Government of Pakistan:
Provided that, if the rate of interest determined for a year is less than 4 per cent,
all existing subscribers to the Fund in the year preceding that for which the rate has for
the first time been fixed at less than 4 per cent, shall be allowed interest at 4 percent.
(2) Interest shall be credited with effect from last day in each year in the
following manner:—
(i) on the amount at the credit of a subscriber on the last day of the preceding
year, less any sums withdrawn during the current year—interest for twelve
months;
(ii) on sums withdrawn during the current year—interest from the beginning of
the current year up to the last day of the month preceding the month of
withdrawal;
(iii) on all sums credited to the subscriber‘s account after the last day of the
preceding year—interest from the date of deposit up to the end of the
current year;
(iv) the total amount of interest shall be rounded to the nearest whole rupee, 50
paisa counting as the next higher rupee:
Provided that when the amount standing at the credit of a subscriber has become
payable, interest shall thereupon be credited under this sub-rule in respect only of the
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period from the beginning of the current year or from the date of deposit, as the case
may be, up to the date on which the amount standing at the credit of the subscriber
became payable.
(3) In this rule, the date of deposit shall, in the case of a recovery from
emoluments, be deemed to be the first day of the month in which it is recovered; and in
the case of an amount forwarded by the subscriber, shall be deemed to be the first day of
the month of receipt if it is received by the Account Officer before the fifth day of that
month, but if it is received on or after the fifth day of that month, the first day of the next
succeeding month.
(4) In addition to any amount to be paid under rules 29, 30 or 31, interest
thereon up to the end of the month preceding that in which the payment is made 12[ ]
shall be payable to the person to whom such amount is to be paid:
Provided that where the Account Officer has intimated to that person (or his
agent) a date on which he is prepared to make payment in cash, or has posted a cheque
in payment to that person, interest shall be payable only up to the end of the month
preceding the date so intimated, or the date of posting the cheque, as the case may be:
13[Provided
further that if the person claiming the payment does not send an
application in that behalf within six months of the date on which the amount standing at
credit of the subscriber has become payable under Rule 29, interest shall be payable up
to the end of sixth month after the month in which the amount became payable.]
12
The words “or up to the end of the sixth month after the month in which such amount become payable, whichever of these periods
be less” omitted vide G. P., M. F., Notification No. F. 9(7)-R3/65, dated October 09, 1965.
13
Added vide Finance Division Notification No. F.8 (8)-R.8/71, dated 8-8-1972.
14
Note added vide S.R.O. 388 (1)/90 [F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.583/90], dated the 24th April, 1990, Gazette of Pakistan, Extr., Part. II,
Page 480, dated 30-04-1990.
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The interest already credited to the subscriber‘s account in such cases should be
re-adjusted by debit to his Provident Fund Account and contra credit to the head 15[―600
Transfer Payments—610 Interest—616 Others‖] or 16[―1100 Income from Property and
Enterprise—1130 Interest—1139 Others‖] according as the amount of interest was
originally credited to the subscriber‘s account during the current year or previous year.
3. The position has been reviewed in the light of Rule 14(5) of General
Provident Fund (Civil Services) Rules, according to which a Muslim subscriber, at his
own free will, can exercise option to have a non-interest bearing G.P. Fund account as
well as can change his option to have interest bearing G.P. Fund account at any later or
subsequent stage.
4. The change of option from non-interest bearing to interest bearing G.P. Fund
Account, however, involves the question of protection of interest on loan(s) drawn from
Government. Keeping this purpose in view the following decision has been taken:—
―Except for interest free cycle advance and House Building advance admissible
to Government servants B-15 and below, all 17[**] subscribers who opt not to
claim interest on G.P. Fund account to avail interest free House Building,
Motorcycle or Motor Car Advance from Government, if subsequently, change
their option into interest bearing G.P. Fund account either during or after the
currency of the recovery of principal amount, shall be charged the amount of
interest on loan(s) equal to the difference between the amount of interest accrued
on loan(s) and the amount of interest foregone on G.P. Fund account.‖
15
Substituted vide Finance Division O. M. No. F. 1(2)-MUC/82, dated 12-02-1983.
16
Substituted vide Finance Division O. M. No. F. 1(2)-MUC/82, dated 12-02-1983.
17
The word “Muslim” deleted vide Ministry of Finance‟s O.M.No.2(1)R-7/96-1327/99, dated 22-11-1999.
10
185.
The above decision is effective from 01.07.1999 and Finance Division‘s U.O.
No. F.2 (1) R-7/96-726, dated 07-10-1996 may be treated as amended to the above extent
with effect from the same date i.e. 01-07-1999.
[Finance Division O.M. No. F.2 (1)-R.7/96-183/2002, dated the 2nd April, 2002.]
(4) The interest on amounts which under sub-rule (3) of rule 13, sub-rule (5) of
rule 16, sub-rule (3) of rule 19, sub-rule (4) of rule 21, sub-rule (1) of rule 23, sub-rule (1)
or (2) of rule 24, rule 29 or rule 30 are replaced at the credit of the subscriber in the Fund,
shall be calculated at such rates as may be successively prescribed under sub-rule (1) of
this rule and so far as may be in the manner described in this rule.
19[NOTE.—The
adjustment of overpayment from the balance outstanding in the
Provident Fund of the subscriber to the extent of interest in that amount but not from the
contribution made by the official from his salary.]
Government decision—A question was raised as to how the rate of interest should
be allowed on current accounts as well as in the case of final payment of Provident
Funds. It has been decided that in the case of final payment of Provident Fund Accounts,
18
Substituted vide Finance Division O. M. No. F.2 (1) R-7/96-1327/99, dated 22-11-1999.
19
Added by the S.R.O. 388 (I)/2001 [F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.566/2001] , Islamabad the 20th January, 2001, the Gazette of Pak., Extr., Pt. II,
P. No. 389, dated February 20, 2001.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
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the Accounts Officer should not calculate and pay interest for the year for which the rate
of interest has not actually been intimated by the Government and that the residual
payment may be allowed later on as and when the orders regarding the fixation of rate
of interest for that year are issued by the Government.
As regards the current accounts, the interest for the year should be calculated
and added to the accounts as and when the rate of interest for the year has been
announced by the Government.
[G. P., .M. F., letter No. F. 9(2)-R3/67, dated 25-02-1967 addressed to the Comptroller
and Auditor-General of Pakistan, Lahore.]
15. (1) A temporary advance may be granted to a subscriber from the amount
standing to his credit in the Fund at the discretion of the appropriate authority specified
in the Sixth Schedule, subject to the following conditions:—
(i) to pay expenses incurred in connection with the prolonged illness of the
applicant or 20[the applicants spouse] any person actually dependent on
him;
(ii) to pay for the overseas passage for reasons of health or education of the
applicant or any person actually dependent on him;
23[Provided
that an advance for the purchase of a motor car, motel cycle or
bicycle may he granted, subject to the terms and conditions laid down in paragraphs 254
to 263-A of the General Financial Rules, Volume 1, to a subscriber whose deposits in the
Fund carry no interest and who does not take any advance for that purpose from
Government.
(b) The sanctioning authority shall record in writing its reason for granting the
advance.
20
Inserted vide G.P.M.F. Notification No. F. 2(3)-R8/71, dated 12-01-1972.
21
Inserted vide G.P.M.F. Notification No. F. 1(l7)-RI(3)/57, dated 22-09-l960.
22
Added vide G.P.M.F. Notification No. F. 14(l)-R2(RWP)/62, dated 13-03-1962.
23
Added vide G.P.M F. Notification No. F. 9(21)-R3/65, dated 10-02-1966.
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24[(c) An advance shall not exceed three months pay or half of the amount at the
credit of the subscriber in the fund, whichever is less, except for special
reasons. The subscriber shall state the special reasons in the application
submitted for the grant of advance but if the reason is of a confidential
nature which the subscriber does not want to disclose in writing, it may be,
or caused to be, communicated to the sanctioning authority personally and
confidentially.
(d) A second advance may be allowed but only in rare and exceptional cases
and subject to the following conditions:—
(i) A second advance shall be sanctioned by the authority next above the
sanctioning authority;
(ii) the authority sanctioning the second advance shall record reasons for
sanctioning the second advance; and
(iii) the outstanding balance of the first advance with interest, if any, shall
be recovered from the amount of the second advance being sanctioned
so that only one advance remains outstanding at one time.]
(2) In fixing the amount of an advance, the sanctioning authority shall pay due
regard to the amount at the credit of the subscriber in the fund.
(i) The official drawing the advance shall produce evidence within one month
of the drawal of the advance that he had actually paid the ‗dower‘, failing
which the advance shall be recovered in lump sum.
(ii) The advance in connection with the marriage shall be allowed only once, i.e.
if the Government servant had taken advance for marriage expenses at the
time of marriage, he shall not be allowed advance for ‗dower‘ again later on.
(iii) The amount of the advance shall not exceed the limits laid down in rule
15(1) (c) of the General Provident Fund *(Central Services) Rules or the
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ln rule 15, in sub-rule (1), clause (c) substituted by new clauses (c) & (d) by S. R. O. 388 (l)/90 [F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.583/90] ,
Islamabad, the 24th April, 1990, the Gazette of Pak., Extr., Part II, Page No. 480, April 30, 1990.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
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actual amount of the ‗dower‘ fixed whichever is less, a proof of which shall
be produced by the subscriber concerned.
(2) If a Government servant who has not drawn any advance from G.P. Fund
previously a period of 12 months has elapsed after the final repayment of all previous
advances together with the interest thereon, applies, for an advance from the G.P. Fund,
the amount of which may, for special reasons, exceed three months pay, or 50% of the
balance, whichever is less, it will be sanctioned in accordance with the powers delegated
in the Sixth Schedule to the G.P. Fund *(Central Services) Rules.
(a) Advance shall be granted as nearly as may be in accordance with the terms
and conditions set out in paragraph 253-A of General Financial Rules,
except as expressly provided in this rule.
(b) Advance shall in no case exceed 28(36) months pay of the subscriber or 80% of
the amount at the credit of the subscriber in the fund, which-ever is lesser.
29(c) The sanctioning authority shall see that the land and the house constructed
thereon, for which the advance is granted, is mortgaged to the President in
the form set forth in the Seventh Schedule to these Rules, within three
months after the advance is drawn.
(d) Mortgage deed shall be registered within four months of its execution.
(e) Recovery shall be made at the rate of 30{7%} of the subscriber‘s pay
commencing from the fourth issue of pay after the first installment of the
advance is drawn:
31[Provided
that, where the amount of the advance does not exceed 18
month‘s pay of the subscribers, recovery shall be made at 5% of the pay.]
25
Inserted vide G.P.M.F. Notification No.F.30(1)R1/50, dated 1-2-1951.
26
Inserted vide G. P., M. F. Notification No. F. 11(2)-R. 6/68 dated 23-10-1969, effective from 30-08-1969.
27
Added vide Finance Division O.M. No. F.1 (8)-Reg. (8)/77, dated 19-05-1977.
28
Substituted for “24” with effect from 8 th November, 1984 vide SRO.983(I)/84, dated 8-11-1984, the Gaz. Of Pak., Extr., Part II,
Pages 1979-1980, dated 15-11-1984.
29
Substituted vide G. P., M. F. Notification No. F. 12(9)-R. 2(RWP)/63, dated 30-10-1964.
30
Substituted for “5” w. e. f. 8th June, 1962 vide G. P., M .F. Notification No. F. 9(5)-R.3/65, dated 29-03-1965.
31
Inserted w. e. f, 8th June, 1962 vide G. P., M. F. Notification No. F. 9(5)-R.3/65, dated the 29th March, 1965.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
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NOTE:—In case where a subscriber draws only a part of the house building
advance from his Provident Fund the total of the house building advance taken from
Government as loan and the advance from the Provident Fund shall be limited to 32[36]
months pay of the subscriber. Recovery in such a case on account of advance from the
Fund will commence immediately after the loan from Government with interest accrued
thereon has been fully repaid.
(2) It has been decided that the advance from the G.P. Fund Account of a
Government servant granted for the construction of a house under the existing orders
shall not henceforth be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the total House
Building Advance to which a Government servant is entitled.
33[15-B
(1) Only three non-refundable advances, one each after attaining the age of 45,
50 and 55 years, shall be admissible to a subscriber.
(2) A non-refundable advance applied for after the subscriber had attained the
age of 45 years but before attaining the age of 50 years shall be admissible for the
purposes and subject to the conditions mentioned herein:
32
Substituted for “24” with effect from 8 th November, 1984 vide SRO.983(I)/84, dated 8-11-1984, the Gaz. Of Pak., Extr., Part II,
Pages 1979-1980, dated 15-11-1984.
33
Rules 15-B, 15-C, 15-D, 15-E, 15-F, 15-G and 15-H substituted by new rule 15-B by S. R. O. 388 (1)/90 [F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-
D.583/90] , dated, 24-04-1990, the Gazette of Pakistan, Extr., Part II, Page No. 480, dated 30-04-1990.
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Conditions:
(a) Save as provided in clause (c), no recovery of the advance shall be made
from the subscriber and the amount advanced shall be treated as part of the
final payment of the amount standing to the credit of the subscriber when
the final payment becomes due.
(c) The first installment of the advance, or where the subscriber desires to draw
the amount of the advance in a lump sum shall be drawn only after an
agreement is executed between the subscriber and the President in the
forms set forth in the Eighth, Ninth or Tenth Schedule to these Rules, as the
case may be.
(d) In case the reconstructed house, the house, or the agricultural land as the
case may be, is sold or otherwise alienated while the subscriber is in service,
the subscriber shall forthwith repay into the Fund the entire amount of the
advance together with interest accrued thereon, in a lump sum.
(e) In case the advance for purchase of a house is not utilized for the purpose
for which it has been drawn within three months of drawal, the subscriber
shall forthwith repay into the Fund the entire amount of the advance
together with interest accrued thereon, in a lump sum. Satisfactory evidence
shall be produced before the Account Officer to show the advance has been
spent within three months of its drawal.
(3) No reasons are required to be given for the advances after the subscriber has
attained the age of 50 years 34[provided that a subscriber who has attained the age of 50
years may draw non-refundable advance to the extent of 100% of balance in the account
on the date of application, for the grant of advance.]
34
Added vide Finance Division‟s Notification No. F.1 (5)-Reg. 7/87-D.144/2001, dated 16-02-2001.
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Clarification
(4) The amount of each advance shall not exceed eighty per cent of the balance
in the account of the subscriber on the date of application for the grant of advance.
(5) An advance drawn from G.P. Fund account on refundable basis may be
allowed to be converted into a non-refundable advance if subscriber has in the
meanwhile attained the age of 45 years.
16. (1) An advance shall be recovered from the subscriber in such number of equal
monthly installments as the sanctioning authority may direct; but such number shall not
be less than twelve unless the subscriber so elects, 35[or in any case, more than forty-
eight.] A subscriber may, at his option, repay more than one installment in a month.
Each installment shall be a number of whole rupees, the amount of the advance being
raised or reduced, if necessary, to admit of the fixation of such installments.
36[(2)
Recovery shall be made in the manner prescribed in rule 13, for realization
of subscriptions, and shall commence on the first occasion after the advance is made on
which the subscriber draws pay, or remuneration on foreign service, for a full month.
Recovery may be postponed, on the subscriber‘s written request, by the President or any
authority authorised by the President. Recovery shall not be made, except with the
subscriber‘s consent while he is on leave or in receipt of subsistence grant.]
Order—Vacation combined with leave should be treated as leave also for the
purposes of repayment of an advance under rule 16(2) of the General Provident Fund
*(Central Services) Rules.
[G. I., F. D., letter No. F. 22(2)-R. II/37, dated the 18th January, 1937].
(3) If more than one advance has been made to a subscriber, each advance shall
be treated separately for the purpose of recovery.
(4) (a) After the principal of the advance has been fully repaid, interest shall be
paid thereon at the rate of one-fifth per cent of the principal for each month or broken
portion of a month during the period between the drawal and complete repayment of
the principal:
35
Substituted for “or unless the sanctioning authority in special circumstances otherwise directs, more than twenty-four” vide
Finance Division‟s Notification No. F. 17(1)-R 2(RWP)/62, dated 28-01-1963.
36
Substituted vide Finance Division‟s Notification No. F. 2(8)-R 8/71, dated 08-02-1974.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
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Provided that Muslim subscribers whose deposits in the Fund carry no interest
shall not be required to pay into the Fund any additional installments on account of
interest on advances granted to them from the Fund.
(b) Interest shall ordinarily be recovered in one installment in the month after
complete repayment of the principal; but, if the period referred to in clause (a) exceeds
twenty months, interest may, if the subscriber so desires, be recovered in two equal
monthly installments. The method of recovery shall be that prescribed in sub-rule (2).
Payment shall be rounded to the nearest rupee in the manner prescribed in clause (iv) of
sub-rule (2) of rule 14.
(5) If an advance has been granted to a subscriber and drawn by him and the
advance is subsequently disallowed before repayment is completed, the whole or balance of
the amount withdrawn shall, with interest at the rate provided in rule 14, forthwith be
repaid by the subscriber to the Fund, or in default, be ordered by the Account Officer to be
recovered by deduction from the emoluments of the subscriber by installments or
otherwise, as may be directed by the authority competent to sanction an advance for the
grant of which, special reasons are required under clause (c) of sub-rule (1) of rule 15:
Provided that Muslim subscribers whose deposits in the Fund carry no interest
shall not be required to pay any interest.
(6) Recoveries made under this rule shall be credited as they are made to the
subscriber‘s account in the Fund.
(b) the amount of subscriptions with interest thereon standing to the credit of a
subscriber in the Fund may be withdrawn to meet—
37
Payment of Insurance Premium from the G. P. Fund has ceased since 20-12-1987 vide Finance Division Letter No. F.1(5)
Reg-7/87-D.213/88, dated 21-02-1988.
38
Substituted vide Finance Division‟s Notification No. F. 12 (38)-R. 6/69, dated 10-01-1970.
18
Provided that no amount shall be withdrawn (1) before the details of the
proposed policy have been submitted to the Account Officer and accepted by him as
suitable, or (2) to meet any payment or purchase made or effected more than twelve
months before the withdrawal, or (3) in excess of the amount required to meet a
premium or subscription actually due for payment within six months of the date of
withdrawal:
Provided further that amounts withdrawn shall be rounded to the nearest whole
rupee.
18. (1) If the total amount of any subscriptions or payments substituted under
clause (a) of rule 17 is less than the amount of the minimum subscription payable to the
Fund under rule 11 (1), the difference shall be rounded to the nearest rupee in the
manner provided in clause (iv) of sub-rule (2) of rule 14 and paid by the subscriber as a
subscription to the Fund.
(2) If the subscriber withdraws any amount standing to his credit in the Fund
for any of the purposes specified in clause (b) of rule 17, he shall, subject to his option
under clause (a) of that rule, continue to pay to the Fund the subscription payable under
rule 11.
(a) intimate to the Account Officer on his bill or by letter the fact of, and reason
for, the reduction;
(b) send to the Account Officer, within such period as the Account Officer may
require, receipts or certified copies of receipts in order to satisfy the Account
Officer that the amount by which the subscription has been reduced was
duly applied for the purposes specified in clause (a) of rule 17.
(2) A subscriber who desires to withdraw any amount under clause (b) of rule
17 shall—
(a) intimate the reason for the withdrawal to the Account Officer by letter;
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(b) make arrangements with the Account Officer for the withdrawal;
(c) send to the Account Officer, within such period as the Account Officer may
require, receipts or certified copies of receipts in order to satisfy the Account
Officer that the amount withdrawn was duly applied for the purpose
specified in clause (b) of rule 17.
(3) The Account Officer shall order the recovery of any amount by which
subscriptions have been reduced, or of any amount withdrawn, in respect of which he
has not been satisfied in the manner required by clause (b) of sub-rule (1) and clause (c)
of sub-rule (2), with interest thereon at the rate provided in rule 14 from the emoluments
of the subscriber and place it to the credit of the subscriber in the Fund.
The application regarding the withdrawal of money from Provident Fund for
payment of insurance premia may be made by the Government servants concerned to
their administrative Ministry, as and when the premium falls due. The administrative
Ministry will ask the A.G.P.R. to issue necessary authority for the withdrawal of the
amount equal to or less than the insurance premia payable by the Government servants
concerned according to the balance available in the Provident Fund as the case may be.
The applicant should also execute a power of attorney in favour of someone in Pakistan
who will present the premium notice from the Insurance Company to the administrative
Ministry concerned which will then submit the bill for the withdrawal of the amount to
the A.G.P.R. on receipt of the amount from the A.G.P.R. the administrative Ministry
would disburse the amount to the holder of the power of attorney, who will make
payment to the Insurance Company concerned in Pakistan, and furnish the necessary
receipt for the same to the administrative Ministry.
(2) As for gazetted Government servants who are posted abroad, no particular
procedure appears necessary in their case. Being their own drawing and disbursing
officer, such Government servants can draw the amounts of their premia from their
Fund accounts through their bankers in Pakistan who can make payments to the
Insurance Companies concerned.
[G. P., M. F., O. M. No. D. 344-R. 3/61, dated 30th March, 1961.]
20. (1) Government shall not make any payments on behalf of subscribers to
Insurance Companies nor take steps to keep a policy alive.
(2) A policy to be acceptable under these rules shall be one effected by the
subscriber himself on his own life, and shall (unless it is a policy effected by a male
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subscriber which is expressed on the face of it to be for the benefit of his wife, or of his
wife and children, or any of them) be such as may be legally assigned by the subscriber
to the President.
Explanation 1:—A policy on the joint lives of the subscriber and the subscriber‘s
wife or husband shall be deemed to be a policy on the life of the subscriber for the
purpose of this sub-rule.
Explanation 2:—A policy which has been assigned to the subscriber‘s wife shall
not be accepted unless either the policy is first re-assigned to the subscriber or the
subscriber and his wife both join in an appropriate assignment.
(3) The policy may not be affected for the benefit of any beneficiary other than
the wife or husband of the subscriber or the wife or husband and children of the
subscriber or any of them:
Provided that subscribers who took out policies under Note 1 of rule 21 (ii) or
under clause (b) or (c) of rule 21 of the Rules previously in force, shall remain subject to
the provisions of those rules in so far as policies so taken out are concerned.
21. (1) The policy, within three months after the first withholding of a subscription
or withdrawal from the Fund in respect of the policy; or in the case of an Insurance
Company whose headquarters are outside Pakistan within such further period as the
Account Officer, if he is satisfied by the production of the completion certificate (interim
receipt), may fix, shall—
39(2)
Where the Accounts Officer receives a policy under clause (a) or clause (b)
of sub-rule (1), he shall—
See Appendix A.
39
Substituted vide Finance Division‟s Notification No. F. 1 (18)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
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(a) satisfy himself if the assignment has been properly made and by reference
to the Insurance Company where possible, that no prior assignment of the
policy exists or where there is no assignment, if the policy is suitable one
and as such acceptable;
(b) register the policy including assignment, if any, by recording its full particulars;
and
(c) within three months of the registration of the policy, return it to the
subscriber either personally after obtaining proper receipt or through
registered post acknowledgement due for its safe custody.
(3) Once a policy has been accepted by an Account Officer for the purpose of
being financed from the Fund the terms of the policy shall not be altered nor shall the
policy be exchanged for another policy without the prior consent of the Account Officer
to whom details of the alteration or of the new policy shall be furnished.
(4) If the policy is not assigned and delivered, or delivered, within the said
period of three months or such further period as the Account Officer may, under sub-
rule (1), have fixed, any amount withheld or withdrawn from the Fund in respect of the
policy shall, with interest thereon at the rate provided in rule 14, forthwith be paid or
repaid, as the case may be, by the subscriber to the Fund, or, in default be ordered by the
Account Officer to be recovered by deduction from the emoluments of the subscriber, by
installments or otherwise, as may be directed by the authority competent to sanction an
advance for the grant of which, special reasons are required under clause (c) of sub-rule
(1) of rule 15.
(5) Notice of assignment of the policy shall be given by the subscriber to the
Insurance Company, and the acknowledgement of the notice by the Insurance Company
shall be sent to the Account Officer within three months of the date of assignment.
NOTE 2.—Subscribers who proceed to Great Britain or Ireland on quitting the service
are advised that under the English Stamp Law assignments or reassignments are required to be
stamped within 30 days of their first arrival in those countries. Otherwise penalty will be incurred
under the Stamp Act, and difficulties may arise when the policy matures for payment.
22. The subscriber shall not during the currency of the policy draw any bonus,
the drawal of which during such currency is optional under the terms of the policy, and
the amount of any bonus which under the terms of the policy the subscriber has no
option to refrain from drawing during its currency shall be paid forthwith into the Fund
by the subscriber‘s or in default recovered by deduction from his emoluments by
installments or otherwise as may be directed by the authority competent to sanction an
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advance for the grant of which, special reasons are required under clause (c) of sub-rule
(1) of rule 15.
22-A. Deleted. [vide G.P.M.F. Notification No.F.9(5)-R3/62, dated the 23rd August, 1962.]
42(d) pays or repays to the Fund the whole of any amount withheld or
withdrawn from the Fund or any of the purposes mentioned in sub-
clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b) of rule 17 with interest thereon at the
rate provided in rule 14.
43(i) if the policy has been assigned to the President and registered
under rule 21, or under the corresponding rule heretofore in force,
reassign the policy on receipt after maturity in the first form set
forth in the Fourth Schedule to the subscriber or to the subscriber
and the joint assured, as the case may be, and given a signed
notice of the reassignment to the Insurance Company; or
(ii) if the policy has been delivered to him under cause (b) of sub-rule
(1) of rule 21 and registered under that rule, issue no objection
certificate in respect of that policy:
40
Amended vide Finance Division‟s Notification No. F. 1(l8)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
41
Amended vide Finance Division‟s Notification No. F. 1(l8)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
42
As amended by G. P. M. F. Notification No. F. 12(38)-R. 6/69, dated 10-01-1970.
43
Amended vide Finance Division Notification No. F.1 (18)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
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provided in rule 21, and thereupon the provisions of these rules shall, so far as may be,
again apply in respect of the policy:
Provided further that, if the policy has matured or been assigned or charged or
encumbered in any way, the provisions of sub-rule (4) of rule 21 applicable to a failure to
assign and deliver a policy shall apply.
(2) Save as provided by rule 27, when the subscriber dies before quitting the
service, the Account Officer shall—
(i) if the policy has been assigned to the President under rule 21, or under the
corresponding rule theretofore in force, reassigns the policy in the second
Form set forth in the Fourth Schedule to such person as may be legally
entitled to receive it, 44and shall give a signed notice of the reassignment to
the Insurance Company;
(ii) if the policy has been delivered to him under clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of
rule 21, 45issue no objection certificate in respect of that policy to the
beneficiary, if any, or if there is no beneficiary, to such person as may be
legally entitled to receive it.
24. (1) If a policy assigned to the President under rule 21 or under the
corresponding rule heretofore in force, matures before the subscriber quits the service,
or if a policy on the joint lives of a subscriber and the subscriber‘s wife or husband,
assigned under the said rule, or under the corresponding rule heretofore in force, falls
due for payment by reason of the death of the subscriber‘s wife or husband, the Account
Officer shall, save as provided by rule 27, proceed as follows:—
(i) if the amount assured together with the amount of any accrued bonuses is
greater than the whole of the amount withheld or withdrawn from the Fund
in respect of the policy with interest thereon at the rate provided in rule 14,
the Account Officer shall 46on receipt reassign the policy in the Form set
forth in the fifth Schedule to the subscriber or to the subscribers and the
joint assured, as the case may be [ ] 47who shall immediately on receipt of
the policy monies from the Insurance Company pay or repay to the Fund
the whole of any amount withheld or withdrawn with interest, and in
default, the provisions of sub-rule (4) of rule 21 applicable to a failure to
assign and deliver a policy shall apply;
(ii) if the amount assured together with the amount of any accrued bonuses is
less than the whole of the amount withheld or withdrawn with interest, the
Account Officer shall realize the amount assured together with any accrued
44
Amended vide Finance Division Notification No. F.1 (18)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
45
Amended vide Finance Division Notification No. F.1 (18)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
46
Amended vide Finance Division Notification No. F.1 (18)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
47
Amended vide Finance Division Notification No. F.1 (18)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
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bonuses and shall place the amount so realised to the credit of the
subscriber in the Fund.
(2) Save as provided by rule 27, if a policy delivered to the Account Officer
under clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of rule 21 matures before the subscriber quits the service,
the Account Officer shall 48[issue no objection certificate in respect of that] policy to the
subscriber:
Provided that if the interest in the policy of the wife of the subscriber, or of his
wife and children, or any of them, as expressed on the face of the policy, expires when
the policy matures, the subscriber, if the policy monies are paid to him by the Insurance
Company, shall immediately on receipt thereof pay or repay to the Fund either:—
(i) the whole of any amount withheld or withdrawn from the Fund in respect
of the policy with interest thereon at the rate provided in rule 14, or
(ii) an amount equal to the amount assured together with any accrued bonuses,
whichever is less, and, in default, the provisions of sub-rule (4) of rule 21
applicable to a failure to assign and deliver a policy shall apply.
25. lf the interest of the subscriber in the family pension fund ceases, in whole
or part, from any cause whatsoever, the provident fund account of the subscriber shall
forthwith be reimbursed by the amount of the refund secured by the subscriber from the
family pension fund, which amount shall, in default of reimbursement, be deducted,
from the subscriber‘s emoluments by installments or otherwise, as may be directed by
the authority competent to sanction an advance for the grant of which special reasons
are required under clause (c) of sub-rule (1) of rule 15.
26. If the policy lapses, or is assigned, otherwise than to the President under
rule 21 charged or encumbered, the provisions of sub-rule (4) of rule 21 applicable to a
failure to assign and deliver a policy shall apply.
(c) an order of a Court restraining dealings with the policy or any amount
realised thereon, the Account Officer shall not—
48
Amended vide Finance Division Notification No. F.1 (18)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
49
Amended vide Finance Division‟s Notification No. F. l (18)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
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51[27-A.
Notwithstanding the provisions of rules 17 to 27, no life insurance policy
shall be financed from the G.P. Fund account of a subscriber:
Provided that the life insurance policies which are being financed from G.P.
Fund account shall continue to be so financed till their finalization.]
NOTE.—The term emoluments as used in this rule does not include subsistence
grant.
29. When a subscriber quits the service, the amount standing to his credit in the
Fund shall become payable to him:
Provided that a subscriber, who has been dismissed from the service and is
subsequently reinstated in the service shall, if required to do so by Government, repay
any amount paid to him from the Fund in pursuance of this rule, with interest thereon at
the rate provided in rule 14, in the manner provided in the proviso to rule 30. The
amount so repaid shall be credited to his account in the Fund.
Government decisions.—(1) A question was raised as to the date when the amount
standing to the credit of a subscriber becomes payable on his quitting the service. The
matter has been examined and it‗s considered that since it may not be possible to
arrange payment immediately on the date of quitting service some reasonable time may
be allowed for making arrangement for the payment. It has therefore, been decided that
the Accounts Officer should make arrangement for the payment of Fund balance within
3 months of the date on which the amount becomes payable.
[Finance Division O.M. No. F. 9 (7)-R. 3/65, dated 09-10-1965 addressed to all
Accounts Officers in Pakistan.]
50
Amended vide Finance Division Notification No. F.1 (18)-R. 8/78, dated 02-06-1980.
51
New rule 27-A inserted by S.R.O. 388 (l)/90 [F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.583/90] , Islamabad dated 24-04-1990 Gazette of Pakistan., Extr.,
Part II, Page No. 480, 30-04-1990.
26
(2) The question of further simplifying the procedure for the final payment of
G.P. Fund balances, has been considered. After consultation with the Auditor General it
has been decided to introduce the following three forms (13th, 14th and 15th Schedule)
to suit various situations.
Government decision—It has been decided that a civil servant who does not avail
himself of the leave preparatory to retirement and continue to serve up to the date of his
superannuation, shall have the option to draw the final payment of his General
Provident Fund balance during the period of twelve months preceding the date of his
retirement on attaining the age of superannuation.
31. On the death of a subscriber before the amount standing to his credit has
become payable or where the amount has become payable before payment has been made:
See also Appendix B.
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if there is any member of the family other than those specified in clauses (1), (2),
(3) and (4):
Provided further that the widow or widows and the child or children of a
deceased son shall receive between them in equal parts only the share which that son
would have received if he had survived the subscriber and had been exempted from the
provisions of clause (1) of the first proviso.
32. (1) When the amount standing to the credit of a subscriber in the Fund becomes
payable, it shall be the duty of the Account Officer to make payment, as provided in
section 4 of the Provident Funds Act, 1925.
Government decision—It has been decided that the Judgment of Supreme Court of
Pakistan, dated 09.03.1999 has to be followed. If a person files a declaration in the
prescribed form (CZ-50), Zakat shall not be deducted from his G.P. Fund Account.
52
Inserted vide Finance Division‟s Notification No. F. 9(5)-R. 3/61, dated 04-09-1962.
53
Substituted for “Rs. 500/00” vide Finance Division‟s Notifications No. F. 9(30)-R.3/67, dated 16-09-1968.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
28
(2) If the persons to whom, under these rules, any amount or policy is to be
paid, assigned, reassigned are delivered, is a lunatic for whose estate a manager has
been appointed in this behalf under the Lunacy Act, 19l2, the payment or reassignment
or delivery will be made to such manager and not to the lunatic.
(3) Any person who desires to claim payment under this rule shall send a
written application in that behalf to the Account Officer 54―within six months of the date
on which the amount standing to the credit of the subscriber has become payable under
rule 29‖. Payment of amounts withdrawn shall be made in Pakistan only. The persons to
whom the amounts are payable shall make their own arrangements to receive payment
in Pakistan.
NOTE.—When the amount standing to the credit of the subscriber has become
payable under rule, 29, 30, or 31, the Account Officer shall authorise prompt payment of
that portion of the amount standing to the credit of a subscriber in regard to which there
is no dispute or doubt the balance being adjusted as soon after as may be.
(i) the amount of subscriptions, with interest thereon, standing to his credit in
such contributory provident fund at the date of transfer shall with the
consent of the other Government, if any, be transferred to his credit in the
Fund;
(iii) he shall in exchange be entitled to count towards pension such part of the
period during which he subscribed to such contributory provident fund as
the President may determine.
54
Added vide Finance Division‟s Notification No F. 8(8)-R. 8/71, dated 08-08-l972.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
29
Clarification
The matter has been considered in the Finance Division and it has been decided
that AGPR may transfer GPF balances immediately of the Government employees on
their transfer to autonomous bodies in their accounts in consultation with the concerned
autonomous bodies. Similarly GPF balances of the Government employees quitting
Government service may also be paid to them immediately on their leaving Government
service.
Procedure Rules
34. All sums paid into the Fund under these rules shall be credited in the books
of Government to an account named ―The General Provident Fund‖. Sums of which
payment has not been taken within six months after they become payable under these
rules shall be transferred to ―Deposits‖ at the end of the year and treated under the
ordinary rules relating to deposits.
36. (1) As soon as possible after the close of each year, the Account Officer shall
send to each subscriber a statement of his account in the Fund showing the opening
balance as on the 1st July of the year, the total amount credited or debited during the
year, the total amount of interest credited as on the 30th June of the year and the closing
balance on that date. The Account Officer shall attach to the statement of account an
enquiry whether the subscriber—
(a) desires to make any alteration in any nomination made under rule 8; or
under the corresponding rule heretofore in force;
(b) has acquired a family in cases where the subscriber has made no nomination in
favour of a member of his family under the proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 8.
(3) The Account Officer shall, if required by a subscriber, once, but not more than
once, in a year inform the subscriber of the total amount standing to his credit in the
Fund at the end of the last month for which his account has been written up.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
[See rule 8 (3)]
Forms of Nomination
I. When the subscriber has a family and wishes to nominate one member thereof.
Signature of Subscriber…..…
1……………………………………….
2……………………………………….
II. When the subscriber has a family and wishes to nominate more than one
member thereof.
I hereby nominate the persons mentioned below, who are members of my family
as defined in rule 2 of the General Provident Fund *(Central Services) Rules, to receive
the amount that may stand to my credit in the Fund, in the event of my death before that
amount has become payable, or having become payable 56(has been paid), and direct
that the said amount shall be distributed among the said persons in the manner shown
below against their names:—
57Amount
or share of
Name and addresses of Relationship with
Age accumulations to be paid to
Nominees subscriber
each
55
Substituted for the words “has not been paid” vide G. P., M. F. Notification No. F. 21(3) RI/51, dated 29th March, 1951.
56
Substituted for the words “has not been paid” vide G. P., M. F. Notification No. F. 21(3) RI/51, dated 29th March, 1951.
57
This column should be filled in so as to cover the whole amount that may stand to the credit of the subscriber in the Fund at any
time.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
31
Signature of Subscriber……………
1……………………………………….
2……………………………………….
III. When the subscriber has no family and wishes to nominate one person.
I, having no family as defined in rule 2 of the General Provident Fund *(Central
Services) Rules, hereby nominate the person mentioned below to receive the amount
that may stand to my credit in the Fund, in the event of my death before that amount
has become payable or having become payable 58[has been paid]:—
Signature of Subscriber……………
Two witnesses to signature
1……………………………………….
2……………………………………….
IV. When the subscriber has no family and wishes to nominate more than
one person.
58
Substituted for the words “has not been paid” vide G. P., M. F. Notification No. F. 21(3) RI/51, dated 29th March, 1951.
59
Substituted for the words “has not been paid” vide G. P., M. F. Notification No. F. 21(3) RI/51, dated 29th March, 1951.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
32
60Amountor share of
Name and addresses of Relationship with
Age accumulations to be paid
nominees subscriber
to each
Signature of Subscriber…..…………………
Two witnesses to signature
1……………………………………….
2……………………………………….
SECOND SCHEDULE
[See rule 8 (5) and (8)]
1. …………………………………………….
2. ……………………………………………
60
This column should be filled in so as to cover the whole amount that may stand to the credit of the subscriber in the Fund at any time.
61
Inserted by G. P., M. F. Notifications No. F. 21(48)-RI/50, dated the 31st October, 1950, & F. 17 (1)-RI/56, dated the
27th September, 1956.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
33
II. Where nomination is in favor of one or more persons not being members
of the subscriber’s family.
1. …………………………………………….
2. …………………………………………….
THIRD SCHEDULE
[See rule 21 (1) (a)]
(1)
Forms of Assignment
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975
34
sum to the credit of the said A. B. in the General Provident Fund for payment of the
premium of the within policy of assurance), hereby jointly and severally assign unto the
said President the within policy of assurance as security for payment of all sums which
under the rule 26 of the General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, the said A. B.
may hereafter become liable to pay to that Fund.
Signature of Subscriber
and the Joint Assured.
(3)
I,C. D., wife of A. B., and the assignee of the within policy, having, at the request
of A. B., the assured, agreed to release my interest in the policy in favour of A. B., in
order that A. B., may assign the policy to the President who has agreed to accept
payment towards the within policy of assurance in substitution for the subscription
payable by A. B., to the General Provident Fund, hereby, at the request and by the
direction of A. B., assign and I, the said A. B., assign and confirm unto the President the
within policy of assurance as security for payment of all sums which under rule 26 of the
rules of the said Fund the said A. B., may hereafter become liable to pay to the Fund.
Signature of Assignee
and the subscriber.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
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FOURTH SCHEDULE
(See rule 23)
(1)
All sums which have become payable by the above-named A. B. under rule 26 of
the General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules having been paid and all liability
for payment by him of any such sums in the future having ceased the President doth
hereby reassign the within policy of assurance to the said A. B. and C. D.
A.B.
(2)
Executed by……………….... Account Officer of the Fund for and on behalf of the
President in the presence of Z.Y. X.Y.
(Signature
of the
Account
Officer)
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975
Fill in particulars of persons legally entitled to receive the policy.
36
FIFTH SCHEDULE
(See rule 24)
said A. B .
A. B. and C. D.
SIXTH SCHEDULE
(See rule 15)
1. An advance for the grant of which, special reasons are not required under
clause (c) of Rule 15 may be sanctioned by the authority competent to grant an advance
of pay on transfer under paragraph 265 of the General Financial Rules.
2. An advance for the grant of which special reasons are required under clause
(c) of Rule 15 may be sanctioned by—
Provided that where in any particular case the authority mentioned in the above
list is also the authority competent to grant an advance of pay on transfer
under………………………….., the advance from the Provincial Fund may be
sanctioned only by the next higher administrative authority.
37
SEVENTH SCHEDULE
(See rule 15A)
AND WHEREAS the mortgagor has applied to the mortgagee for an advance of
the sum of Rs……………………..out of the sum standing to his credit in the General
Provident Fund for the purpose of enabling him to defray the expenses of the lease and
development of the said hereditaments and building thereon a suitable residence for his
own use.
AND WHEREAS under the provisions contained in Rule 15A of the General
Provident Fund *(Central Services) Rules, 1934 (hereinafter referred to as the said Rules
which expression shall, where the context so admits, include any amendment thereof or
addition thereto from time to time in force) the mortgagee has agreed to advance to the
mortgagor the said sum of Rs………………out of which the mortgagor hereby
acknowledges the receipt of Rs……………………. which have already been paid to the
mortgagor in pursuance of an agreement executed on…………………20………between
the mortgager as borrower and mortgagee and the remainder, viz., Rupees
……………………………..………being payable as entered and receipted from time to
time in the schedule hereto.
The mortgagor hereby covenants with the mortgagee that he, the mortgagor will
during the continuance of this security observe and perform all the provisions and
conditions of the said Rules on his part to be observed and performed in respect of these
presents and the said hereditaments.
62
[ ] Inserted by G.P.M.F. Notification No. F. 25(8)-RI/53, dated the 24-6-1953.
63
The words “or if he shall die or quit the service” omitted vide Notification ibid.
39
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the mortgagor has hereunto set his hand the day and
year first above written.
2nd witness.
Address.
Occupation.
Schedule
Date……………………………………..
Signature.
EIGHTH SCHEDULE
(Vide rule 15-B)
Form of Agreement
WHEREAS the Subscriber has applied to the President to grant him an advance of
Rs.___________ out of the sum standing to the credit of the Subscriber in the General Provident
Fund (hereinafter referred to as the Fund) under the provisions of rule 15-B of the General
Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules (hereinafter referred to as the Rules which expression
shall, where the context so admits, include any amendment thereof or addition thereto for the
time being in force) which shall be deemed to form part of these presents to enable him to defray
the expenses of building a house on the piece of land being plot No.______________ situated
in_______________ district of_____________ sub-registration district of _____________________
containing_________ more or less owned by, and now in the possession of _________________ the
Subscriber/wife/son(s)/daughter(s) of the Subscriber and the President has agreed to advance
to the Subscriber the said sum of Rs. _________________ on the terms and conditions and in the
manner laid down in the Rules and as hereinafter contained;
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975
40
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER AGREED AND DECLARED that if the said piece of land
or the house built thereon is sold or otherwise alienated by its owner to any other person while
the Subscriber is in service, the Subscriber shall forthwith repay into the Fund the entire amount
of the advance together with the interest accrued thereon in a lump sum.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Subscriber has hereunto set his hand the day and year first
above written.
Schedule
Signature of Subscriber.
NINTH SCHEDULE
(vide rule 64[15-B] )
Form of Agreement
THIS INDENTURE made the _____________________ day of _________________ Two
thousand and _________________________________________ BETWEEN___________________of
__________________ (hereinafter called the Subscriber which expression shall include his heirs,
executors administrators, legal representatives and assigns) of the one part and the President of
Pakistan (hereinafter called the President which expression shall include his successors in office
and assigns) of the other part.
WHEREAS the Subscriber has applied to the President to grant him an advance of
Rs.____________ out of the sum standing to the credit of the Subscriber in the General Provident
Fund (hereinafter referred to as the Fund) under the provisions of rule 6515-B of the General
Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules (hereinafter referred to as the Rules which expression
64
In the Ninth Schedule for the figure and letter „„15-C” twice occurring the figure and letter “15-B‟‟ substituted by S. R. 0. 388 (I)/90
[F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.583/90] , dated 24-04-1990, the Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part II, Page No. 480, dated 30-04-1990.
65
In the Ninth Schedule for the figure and letter „„15-C” twice occurring the figure and letter “15-B‟‟ substituted by S. R. 0. 388 (I)/90
[F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.583/90] , dated 24-04-1990, the Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part II, Page No. 480, dated 30-04-1990.
*
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
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shall, where the context so admits, include any amendment thereof or addition thereto for the
time being in force) which shall be deemed to form part of these presents to enable him to
purchase a piece of agricultural land being plot No. ________ situated in __________ district of
____________________ sub-registration district of _____________ and the President has agreed to
advance to the Subscriber the said sum of Rs.__________ on the terms and conditions and in the
manner laid down in the Rules and as hereinafter contained:
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER AGREED AND DECLARED that if the said piece of land
or the house built thereon is sold or otherwise alienated by its owner to any other person while
the Subscriber is in service, the Subscriber shall forthwith repay into the Fund entire amount of
the advance together with the interest accrued thereon in a lump sum;
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Subscriber has hereunto set his hand the day and year first
above written.
Signed by the Subscriber_____________________________
in the presence of
1st Witness_________________________________________
Address___________________________________________
Occupation ________________________________________
2nd Witness ________________________________________
Address___________________________________________
Occupation_________________________________________
Schedule
S. No. Date Amount of Installment
Signature of Subscriber.
TENTH SCHEDULE
(vide rule 6615-B)
Form of Agreement
THIS INDENTURE made the _________ day of__________ Two thousand and
__________ BETWEEN_____________ of ___________ (hereinafter called the Subscriber
which expression shall include his heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives
and assigns) of the one part and the President of Pakistan (hereinafter called the
President which expression shall include his successors in office and assigns) of the
other part.
66
In the Tenth Schedules for the figure and letter “15-C” twice occurring, the figure and letter “15-B” substituted by S.R.O. 388 (I)/90
[F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.583/90] , dated 24-04-1990, the Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part II, Page No. 480, dated 30-04-1990.
42
WHEREAS the Subscriber has applied to the President to grant him an advance
of Rs._______________ out of the sum standing to the credit of the Subscriber in the
General Provident Fund (hereinafter referred to as the Fund) under the provisions of
rule 6715-B of the General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules (hereinafter referred
to as the Rules which expression shall, where the context so admits, include any
amendment thereof or addition thereto for the time being in force) which shall be
deemed to form part of these presents to enable him to purchase a house on the piece of
land being plot No.________________ situated in____________________ district of-
____________ sub-registration district of_________________ and the President has
agreed to advance to the Subscriber the said sum of Rs. _________on the terms and
conditions and in the manner laid down in the Rules and as hereinafter contained;
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Subscriber has hereunto set his hand the day and
year first above written.
Address____________________________________
Occupation _________________________________
2nd Witness ________________________________
Address____________________________________
Occupation_________________________________
67
In the Tenth Schedules for the figure and letter “15-C” twice occurring, the figure and letter “15-B” substituted by S.R.O. 388 (I)/90
[F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.583/90] , dated 24-04-1990, the Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part II, Page No. 480, dated 30-04-1990.
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
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ELEVENTH SCHEDULE
68 [OMITTED]
TWELVETH SCHEDULE
69 [OMITTED]
THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE
(See Rule 29, Government Decision 2)
To
The____________________
_______________________
Sir,
I am proceeding on L.P.R./retirement with effect from __________. It is
requested that my G.P. Fund Account may please be reviewed and all the missing
credits adjusted so that the up to date correct balance is available for final payment to
me. The requisite particulars are given below: —
(Signature) _____________________________
68
The Eleventh & Twelveth Schedules omitted by S.R.O. 388 (I)/90 [F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.583/90] , dated 24-04-1990, the Gazette of
Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part II, Page No. 480, dated 30-04-1990.
69
The Eleventh & Twelveth Schedules omitted by S.R.O. 388 (I)/90 [F.1(5)-Reg.7/87-D.583/90] , dated 24-04-1990, the Gazette of
Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part II, Page No. 480, dated 30-04-1990.
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FOURTEENTH SCHEDIILE
(See rule 29, Government Decision 2)
(Application for Final Withdrawal of General Provident Fund Accumulation by a Retiring/
Retired Government Servant)
To
The ______________________________________
______________________________________
Sir,
I have relinquished / will relinquish the charge of the office/post of _________
on _____________________________ consequent upon retirement/proceeding on L.P.R./
Resignation/Dismissal / Discharge. I, therefore, request that my General Provident
Fund dues may please be paid to me.
The requisite information is given below:—
Signature _____________________
Designation ________________________
Your obedient servant,
Signature________________________
Postal/Residential Address ________________________
Dated _______________________
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(Signature) ________________________
FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE
(See rule 29, Government Decision No. 2)
PART I
(To he filled in by the applicant)
To
The_______________________________
_______________________________
Dear Sir,
(ii) _______________________
Guardianship / Succession certificate from a _______________________
Civil Court or Indemnity Bond if amount of _______________________
each minor heir exceeds Rs.5000.00 _______________________
_______________________
Yours faithfully,
(Signature ) ________________________
________________
(Relationship with the deceased subscriber)
________________
(Postal/Residential Address)
___________________
Dated ________________________
________________
PART II
(To be completed by the department concerned)
(Signature) ___________________
(Designation) _______________________
(Signature) _________________
(Head of office Department) _________________
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Islamabad, the 12th August, 1966.
NOTIFICATION
1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Government (Class IV Servants)
Provident Fund Rules.
(2) They shall take effect from the 1st July, 1966.
(c) ―pay‖ includes salary for leave on full average pay; and
3. There shall be deducted from the pay of every class IV servant for each
month for which he draws full pay, a sum of rupee one or such other sum as the *Central
Government may from time to time specify.
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
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5. The head of office shall record a certificate on the pay-bill to the effect that
deductions on account provident fund have been made in all cases and where a
deduction has not been made in any case he shall record the reason there-for.
10. The amount of interest payable by the Central Government under these
rules shall be worked out by the Accountant General who shall report after necessary
audit checks the amounts payable separately on account of the provident fund
deductions and interest thereon.
11. For the purposes of rule 10, the head of office in which the class IV servant was
last on duty shall furnish the Accountant General with the service book of the class IV
servant or certified copy of the account of the provident fund deductions and the
70
Substituted vide G.P.F.D. Notification No.F.1(2)-MUC/82, dated 12-2-1983.
71
Substituted vide G.P.F.D. Notification No.F.1(2)-MUC/82, dated 12-2-1983.
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
49
sanction of payment will be issued by the head of office on receipt of the report of the
Accountant General.
12. Where a Class IV servant becomes eligible for contributing to the General
Provident Fund, the amount payable to him shall be transferred to his credit in the
General Provident Fund Account. In all other cases payment shall be made in cash to the
Class IV servants, and in either case an entry shall be made in the service book under the
signature of the head of the office showing the amount paid and the date and authority
for payment.
13. Every class IV servant shall nominate, in accordance with rule 8 of the
General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, three persons in order of priority and
such nomination shall be countersigned by the head of the office and pasted in his
service book. In case a class IV servant dies before receiving payment under rule 12, the
amount payable to him under that rule shall be paid to the surviving nominee first in the
order of priority.
15. The Provident Fund Act, 1925 (Act No.XIX of 1925), shall apply to the
provident fund deductions made under these rules.
16. The General Provident Fund *(Central Services) Rules in so far as they are
applicable to Class IV servants shall be deemed to have been repealed.
[No.F.1(14)-R.3/60]
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
72
Substituted vide G.P.F.D. Notification No.F.1(2)-MUC/82, dated 12-2-1983.
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APPENDIX A
[See Rules 4 and 20 (3)]
(Extracts from the Rule regulating the General Provident Fund as corrected up to the
end of July, 1929.)
1. * * * *
NOTE 2.—Section writers who are members of fixed establishments and piece-
workers in Government Presses are eligible to subscribe to the Fund.
* * * * *
______________
3. * * * *
(c) * * * *
The word “Central” has been substituted with the word “Federal” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
73
Substituted vide G.P.F.D. Notification No.F.1(2)-MUC/82, dated 12-2-1983.
51
* * * * *
7. * * * *
(g) Other piece-rate workers.— The subscription of section writers, typists and
other piece-rate workers who are members of fixed establishments shall be calculated on
their earnings for March of the preceding financial year.
* * * * *
21. (ii) An insurance policy shall be on the subscribers own life, in which case it is
immaterial what form the policy takes, i.e., it may be a life or an endowment, or double
endowment policy, but it shall be such as is legally assignable to Government.
NOTE 1.—A guarantee policy which ensures the payment of the sum assured in
the event of the policy-holder being retired by the Medical Board shall be accepted for
the purposes of this rule.
A contingent annuity, which in the event of his death ensures a certain income to the
insurer‘s wife or children, or both, shall also be accepted for the purposes of this rule.
NOTE 2.—If a policy of insurance is effected by a subscriber on his own life for
the benefit of a sole beneficiary specifically named therein, a formal assignment by both
the insured and the sole beneficiary shall he permissible. An assignment of a policy
effected by a subscriber on own life for the benefit of more than one beneficiary whether
existent or not at the date of the policy shall not, in view of the attendant legal
difficulties, be permissible under this rule.
* * * * *
21A. (b) A married subscriber to the Fund may substitute, for subscriptions to the
General Provident Fund, payments towards either (i) a policy of assurance effected on
his own life, if the policy, on the face of it, is for the benefit of his wife or of his children
or of any or all of these provided that, if such policy matures not at death, but after a
period of years, the date of maturity shall not be earlier than the earliest date on which
the subscriber may, by the terms of this service, retire, or (ii) any policy of assurance
effected on his own life which he has assigned to trustees by a deed of settlement for the
benefit of his wife or his children or of any or all of these.
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NOTE 1—if upon the conversion of an existing policy any portion of the
surrender value of such policy is not applied in effecting the new policy, such portion
shall be paid or repaid to the Fund and placed to the credit of the subscriber‘s account.
* * * * *
APPENDIX B
(See Rules 31)
APPENDIX C
COPY OF LETTER NO.F.22(30)-R.II/36, DATED THE 5TH JANUARY, 1937 FROM THE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO ALL ACCOUNTS OFFICERS.
I am directed to state for your information that the following questions have
been raised with regard to the application of section 5 (1) of the Provident Funds Act,
1925 to nominations made under rules regulating the various Provident Funds:-
(1) Whether the provision in rule 26 of the State Railway Provident Fund Rules
to the effect that on the marriage or remarriage of a subscriber who is not a Hindu,
Muslims, Buddhist or other person exempted from the operation of the Indian
Succession Act, any nomination already made by him shall forthwith become null and
void, is ineffective as contravening section 5 (1) of the Provident Funds Act?
(2) Whether a nomination made under one set of rules of a Provident Fund
would become invalid under a later set of rules, if not revised as required by the later set
of rules?
The word “Muhammedan” has been substituted with the word “Muslim” by Ministry of Law Notification No.F.24(2)/75-Pub., dated
01-8-1975, Gaz. of Pak., Extra., Pp.435-436, dated 01-8-1975.
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APPENDIX – D
An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to Government and other Provident
Funds
1. (1) This Act may be called the Provident Funds Act, 1925.
(3) It shall come into force on such date76 as the 77[Federal Government] may,
by notification in the 78[official Gazette], appoint.
Definitions.
74
For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1924, Pt. V, Page 122
This Act has been applied to Phulera in the Excluded Area of Upper Tanawal to the extent the Act is applicable in the
N.W.F.P., and also extended to the Excluded Area of Upper Tanawal (N.W.F.P.) other than Phulera with effect from such date and
subject to such modifications as may be notified.—See N.W.F.P. (Upper Tanawal) (Excluded Area) Laws Regulation, 1950.
It has also been extended to the Leased Areas of Baluchistan, see the Leased Areas (Laws) Order, 1950 (G.G.O.3 of 1950);
and applied in the Federated Areas of Baluchistan, see Gazette of India, 1937, Pt. I, P.1499.
The Act has been extended and shall be deemed to have been so extended on the 14 th October, 1955, to the whole of Pakistan
by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3.
75
Subs. By the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2 nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October,
1955) for the original sub-section (2), as amended by A.O., 1949 and the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act , 1951(26
of 1951), s. 8.
76
The 1st April, 1926; see Gen. R. & O.
77
Subs. By P.O. No.4 of 1975 Art. 2 & Table.
78
Subs. By A.O., 1937, for “Gazette of India”.
79
Ins. By the Provident Funds (Amdt.) Act, 1930 (1 of 1930), s. 2.
80
The words “credited in respect of any such subscription or deposit” were omitted, ibid.
55
81
Subs. by the Provident Funds (Amdt.) Act, 1925 (28 of 1925), s. 2. for “the authority by which the Fund has been constituted”.
82
Subs. By Act 1 of 1930, s. 2, for “or otherwise in respect of , a subscription to, or deposit in”.
83
Subs. By A.O., 1937, for “the Govt.”.
84
Subs. By P.O. No. 4 of 1975, Art. 2 and Table.
85
The original words “its employees” were first subs. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1942 (25 of 1942), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. and
then amended by A.O., 1961, Art. 2 and Sch. (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956), to read as above.
86
Subs. by the Provident Funds (Amdt.) Act, 1927 (7 of 1927), s. 2, for “for teachers in educational institutions”.
87
Ins. by A.O., 1937.
88
The words “credited in respect of such subscriptions or deposits” omitted by the Provident Funds (Amdt.) Act, 1930 (1 of 1930), s. 2.
89
Subs. by A.O., 1937, for the original definition.
90
Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October,
1955), for “the Provinces and the Capital of the Federation” which had been subs. by A.O., 1949, for “British India”.
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(2) Any sum standing to the credit of any subscriber to, or depositor in, any
such Fund at the time of his decease and payable under the rules of the Fund to any
dependant of the subscriber or depositor, or to such person as may be authorized by law
to receive payment on his behalf, shall, subject to any deduction authorized by this Act
and, save where the dependant is the widow or child of the subscriber or depositor,
subject also to the rights of an assignee under an assignment made before the
commencement of this Act, vest in the dependant, and shall, subject as aforesaid, be free
from any debt or other liability incurred by the deceased or incurred by the dependant
before the death of the subscriber or depositor.
4. (1) When under the rules of any Government or Railway Provident Fund the
sum standing to the credit of any subscriber or depositor, or the balance thereof after the
making of any deduction authorized by this Act, has become payable, the officer whose
duty it is to make the payment shall pay the sum or balance, as the case may be, to the
subscriber or depositor, or, if he is dead, shall—
(a) if the sum or balance, or any part thereof, vests in a dependant under the
provisions of section 3, pay the same to the dependant or to such person as
may be authorized by law to receive payment on his behalf; or
(b) if the whole sum or balance, as the case may be, does not exceed five
thousand rupees, pay the same, or any part thereof, which is not payable
under clause (a), to any person nominated to receive it under rules of the
91
Subs. by A.O., 1961, Art. 2 and Sch., for “either under a special Act of Parliament or [a Pakistan law]” (with effect from the 23rd
March, 1956). The words in crotchets were subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act, 1951 (26 of 1951), s. 4 and
3rd Sch., for “an Indian law”.
92
Subs. by A.O., 1961, Art. 2, for “Crown” (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956).
93
Subs. by P.O. No. 4 of 1975, Art. 2 and Sch.
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(c) in the case of any sum or balance, or any part thereof, which is not payable
to any person under clause (a) or clause (b) pay the same,-
(i) to any person nominated to receive it under the rules of the Fund, on
production by such person of probate or letters of administration
evidencing the grant to him of administration to the estate of the
deceased or a certificate granted under the 94[Succession Act, 1925
(XXXIX of 1925)], or under the 95[Sind Regulations VIII of 1827],
entitling the holder thereof to receive payment of such sum, balance or
part, or
Provided that, where the whole or any part of any sum standing to the credit of
the subscriber or depositor has been assigned to any other person before the
commencement of this Act, and notice in writing of the assignment has been received by
the officer from the assignee, the officer shall, after making any deduction authorized by
this Act and any payment due under clause (a) to or on behalf of the widow or children
of the subscriber or depositor—
(i) if the subscriber or depositor or, if he is dead, the person to whom, in the
absence of any valid assignment, the sum or balance would be payable
under this sub-section gives his consent in writing, pay the sum or part or
the balance thereof, as the case may be, to the assignee, or
(ii) if such consent is not forthcoming, withhold payment of the sum, part or
balance, as the case may be, pending a decision of a competent Civil Court
as to the person entitled to receive it.
(2) The making of any payment authorized by sub-section (1) shall be a full
discharge to the Government or the railway administration, as the case may be, from all
liability in respect of so much of the sum standing to the credit of the subscriber or
depositor as is equivalent to the amount so paid.
RIGHTS OF NOMINEES
5. 96[(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in
force or in any disposition, whether testamentary or otherwise, by a subscriber to, or
depositor in, a Government or Railway Provident Fund of the sum standing to his credit
in the Fund, or of any part thereof, where any nomination, duly made in accordance
94
Subs. by Ord. XXVII of 1981 s. 3 & Sch. II.
95
Subs. by Ord. XXVII of 1981 s. 3 & Sch. II.
96
Subs. by the Provident Funds (Amdt.) Act, 1946 (11 of 1946), s. 2, for sub-section (1).
58
with the rules of the Fund, purports to confer upon any person the right to receive the
whole or any part of such sum on the death of the subscriber or depositor occurring
before the sum has become payable or before the sum, having become payable, has been
paid, the said person shall, on the death as aforesaid of the subscriber or depositor,
become entitled, to the exclusion of all other persons, to receive such sum or part
thereof, as the case may be, unless—
(a) such nomination is at any time varied by another nomination made in like
manner or expressly cancelled by notice given in the manner and to the
authority prescribed by those rules, or
(b) such nomination at any time becomes invalid by reason of the happening of
some contingency specified therein,—
and if the said person predeceases the subscriber or depositor, the nomination shall, so
far as it relates to the right conferred upon the said person, become void of no effect:
Provided that where provision has been duly made in the nomination in
accordance with the rules of the Fund, conferring upon some other person such right
instead of the person deceased, such right shall, upon the decease as aforesaid of the
said person, pass to such other person.]
100[(3)
The provisions of this section as amended by sub-section (1) of Section 2 of
the Provident Fund (Amendment) Act, 1946, shall apply also to all such nominations
made before the date of the commencement of that Act:
Provided that the provisions of this section as so amended shall not operate to
affect any case, in which before the said date any sum has been paid, or has under the
rules of the Fund become payable in pursuance of any nomination duly made in
accordance with those rules.]
6. When the sum standing to the credit of any subscriber or depositor in any
Government or Railway Provident Fund which is Contributory Provident Fund becomes
97
Subs. by Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 3 and Sch. II.
98
Subs. by Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 3 and Sch. II.
99
Subs. by the Provident Funds (Amdt.) Act, 1946 (11 of 1946), s. 2, for “such person shall, on the death of the subscriber or
depositor, be entitled to the grant of”.
100
Sub-section (3) added, ibid.
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payable, there may, if the authority 101[specified in this behalf in the rules of the Fund] so
directs, be deducted therefrom and paid to 102[Government or the Railway
Administration, as the case may be,]—
(a) any amount due under a liability incurred by the subscriber or depositor to
103[Government or the Railway Administration], but not exceeding in any
case the total amount of any contributions credited to the account of the
subscriber or depositor and of any interest or increment which has accrued
on such contributions; or
(b) where the subscriber or depositor has been dismissed from 104[his
employment] for any reasons specified in this behalf in the rules of the
Fund, or where he has resigned such employment within five years of the
commencement thereof, the whole or any part of the amount of any such
contributions, interest and increment.
7. No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person in respect of
anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.
105[8.
(1) The 106[appropriate Government] may, by notification in the 107[official
Gazette], direct that the provisions of this Act shall apply108 to any Provident Fund
established for the benefit of its employees by any local authority within the meaning of
the Local Authorities Loans Act, 1914, and, on the making of such declaration, this Act
shall apply accordingly, as if such Provident Fund were a Government Provident Fund
and such local authority were the Government.
109[(2)
The 110[appropriate Government] may, by notification in the 111[official
Gazette], direct that the provisions of this Act shall 112apply to any Provident Fund
101
Subs. by the Provident Funds (Amdt.) Act, 1925 (28 of 1925), s. 3, for “by which the Fund has been constituted”.
102
Subs. ibid., for “that authority”.
103
Subs. ibid., for “that authority”.
104
Subs. ibid., for “the employment of that authority”.
105
The original s. 8 was re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section by the Provident Funds (Amdt.) Act. 1930 (1 of 1930), s. 3.
106
Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”.
107
Subs. Ibid, for “local official Gazette”.
108
For extension of the provisions of this Act to the Provident Funds established by local authorities, see Gen. R. & O.
109
Subs. sections (2) and (3) ins. by Act 1 of 1930, s. 3.
110
Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “G.G. in C”.
111
Subs. ibid., for “Gazette of India”.
112
The provisions of this Act have been applied to the Provident Fund established for the benefits of the employees of—
(i) The Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation Limited (with effect from the 2 nd October, 1957), see Gaz. Of
Pak., 1958 Pt. I, P.453;
(ii) The P.I.D.C. (with effect from the 1st October, 1958), see ibid., p.454;
(iii) The Agricultural Bank of Pakistan (with effect from the 1st October, 1958), see Gaz. Of Pak., 1959, Pt. I, p.347;
(iv) The Inter-University Board of Pakistan (with effect from the 7th August, 1959), see Gaz. Of Pak., 1960, Pt. I, p. 371;
(v) The University of Karachi (with effect from the 21 st March, 1952), see Gaz. Of Pak., 1962, Pt. I, p. 3;
(vi) The House Building Finance Corporation (with effect from the 1st January, 1954), see ibid., p.514;
(vii) The Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Ltd (with effect from1st April, 1953), see Gaz. Of Pak., 1963, Pt. I, P.298;
(viii) The Pakistan Atomic Energy Council (with effect from the 2nd May, 1959), see Gaz. Of Pak., 1964, Pt. I, p.102.
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established for the benefit of the employees of any of the institutions specified in the
Schedule, or of any group of such institutions, and, on the making of such declaration,
this Act shall apply accordingly, as if such Provident Fund were a Government
Provident Fund and the authority having custody of the Fund were the Government.
Provided that section 6 shall apply as if the authority making the contributions
referred to in that section were the Government.
9. 121[***]
10. [Repeals] Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1927 (XII of 1927) s. 2 and Schedule.
(ix) The National Shipping Corporation (with effect from 1st day of July, 1965), see Gaz. Of Pak., 1972, Ext. Pt. II, p. 1136,
dated 20-11-72;
(x) Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (with effect from 23 rd September, 1974, see Gaz. Of Pak., 1975, Ext., Pt.
II, page 22, the provisions of this act have been applied to the contributory provident fund established for the
benefit of the employees of the Investment Corporation of Pakistan, see Gaz. Of Pak., 1975, Ext. (Islamabad), Pt.
II, page 1145.
113
Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “G.G. in C”.
114
Subs. ibid., for “Gazette of India”.
115
Subs. Ibid., for “he”.
116
Sub-section (4) and Explanation ins. ibid.
117
Subs. By P.O. 4 of 1975, Art. 2 and Table.
118
The original words “List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935” were first subs. By A.O., 1961, Art. 2
and Sch. (with effect from 23rd March, 1956), and then amended by A.O., 1964, Art. 2 and Sch., to read as above.
119
Subs. By Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 3 and Sch. II.
120
Subs. By P.O. 4 of 1975, Art. 2 and Table.
121
Omitted by Ord., XXVII of 1981 s.3 and Sch. II.
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122THE SCHEDULE
LIST OF INSTITUTIONS
22. 141[******]
122
The Schedule containing items 1 to 7 was added originally by the Provident Funds (Amdt.) Act, 1930 (1 of 1930), s. 4.
123
Subs. by A.O., 1949, for the existing items of the Schedule.
124
Subs. by Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 3 & Sch. II.
125
Subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act, 1951 (26 of 1951), s. 8., for “West Punjab”. The redundant “the” has
been omitted in printing.
126
Subs. by Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 3 & Sch. II.
127
Omitted by Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 3 & Sch. II.
128
Added with effect from the 1st April, 1950, by Notification No.4185-RI/50, dated the 29th August, 1950, see Gaz. Of Pak., 1950,
Pt. I, p.457.
129
Added with effect from the 1st March, 1951, by the Ministry of Finance Notification No. F.21(2)-RI/52, dated the 25th February,
1952, see Gaz. of Pak., 1952, Pt. I, p.156.
130
Item 10 was added with effect from the 1st April, 1953, by Notification No.1670-RI/54, see Gaz. Of Pak., 1954, Pt. I, p.99.
131
Items 11 & 12 were added with effect from the 1 st January, 1954, and the 15th July, 1952, respectively by Notification No.(13) D-
163-RI(3)54, see ibid., p.180.
132
Item 13 was ins. with effect from the 12th January, 1953, by Notification, No.F.17(24)-RI/55, see ibid., 1958, Pt. I, P.142.
133
Item 14 was added with effect from the 1st September, 1953, by Notification No.F.5(1)/RI(3)/57, see ibid., p.160.
134
Added with effect from the 2nd October, 1957, by Notification No.FI(115)-RI(3)/58, see Gaz. Of Pak., 1958, Pt. I, p.454.
135
Added with effect from the 1st October, 1957, by Notification No.I(202), RI(3)/58, see ibid.
136
Added with effect from the 1st October, 1958, by Notification No.S.R.O.352, see ibid., 1959, Pt. I, p.347.
137
Added with effect from the 30th December, 1959, by Notification No.TIP.3-2/54, see ibid., 1960, Pt. I, p.32.
138
Added with effect from the 7th August, 1959, by Notification No.S.R.O.1037(K), see ibid., p.372.
139
Added with effect from the 21st March, 1952, by Notification No. S.R.O.7(K)/62, see ibid., 1962, Pt. I, p.3.
140
Added with effect from the 2nd May, 1959, by Notification No.S.R.O.228(K)/64, see ibid., 1964. Pt. I, p.102.
141
Omitted by Ord. No. XXVII of 1981, s. 3and Sch. II.
142
Added by S.R.O. No.563(K)/70, dated 12-6-1970.
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27. 146[--------------------
28. ------------------------
29. ------------------------]
30. 147[The Habib Bank Limited.
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143
Added by S.R.O. No.1121(I)/72, dated 25-10-1972.
144
Added by S.R.O. No.16(I)/75, dated 20-12-1975, (with effect from 23-9-1974).
145
Added by S.R.O. No.699(I)/75, dated 18-6-1975.
146
Entries Nos. 27 to 29 are missing in the original doc.
147
Entries Nos. 30 to 39 added by S.R.O. No.37(I)/83, dated 12-1-1983.
148
Added by S.R.O. No.354(I)/85, dated 14-4-1985.
149
Added by S.R.O.No.701(I)/87, dated 26th August, 1987.
150
Inserted by S.R.O.129(KB)/91, dated 2nd March, 1991.