FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BENEVOLENT FUND AND GROUP INSURANCE(AMENDMENT)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BENEVOLENT FUND AND GROUP INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2004
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Contents
PREAMBLE .
1 SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT
2 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2, ACT II OF 1969
3 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 12, ACT II OF 1969
4 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 13, ACT 11 OF 1969
5 ADDITION OF NEW SCHEDULE, ACT II OF 1969
THIRD SCHEDULE .
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BENEVOLENT FUND AND GROUP INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2004
ORDINANCE II OF 2004
AN
ORDINANCE
further to amend the Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance Act, 1969.
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance Act, 1969 (II of 1969), for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
AND WHEREAS the National Assembly is not in session and the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:‑
1. Short title and commencement.__(1) This Ordinance may be called the Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004.
(2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on and from the first day of December, 2003.
2. Amendment of section 2, Act II of 1969. In the Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance Act, 1969, (II of 1969), hereinafter referred to as the said Act, in section 2,__
(1) in clause (4)‑
(i) in sub‑clause (c) at 'the end, after semicolon, the word "or" shall be added; and:''
(ii) after sub‑clause (c) amended as aforesaid, the following new sub‑clause shall be added, namely:‑
"1[(cc)] the contract, adhoc and contingent paid employees;"
(2) in clause (5), in sub‑clause (a), the word "and" at the end shall be omitted and for sub‑clause (b), the following shall be substituted, namely:‑
1Corrected by corrigenda dt. 011004.
"(b) the natural sons up to the age of twenty‑one years, provided they are not handicapped or mentally retarded; and
(c) parents, minor brothers, unmarried, divorced or widowed daughters and sisters of the employee wholly dependent upon him."
3. Amendment of section 12, Act II of 1969. In the said Act, in section 12, in subsection (1),__
(i) in clause (a), the word "and" at the end shall be omitted;
(ii) in clause (b), after the semicolon the word "and" shall be added; and
(iii) after clause (b) amended as aforesaid, the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:‑
"(c)on or after the first day of. December 2003, shall be liable to pay to the Benevolent Fund a monthly subscription at the rates specified in column (3) of the Third Schedule;"
4. Amendment of section 13, Act 11 of 1969. In the said Act, in section 13, after subsection (2), the following new subsections shall be added, namely:‑
"(3) Where, on or after the first day of December, 2003, an employee is declared by the prescribed medical authority to have been completely incapacitated physically or mentally to discharge the duties of his employment and for that reason is retired or removed from service, he shall be entitled to receive for life such benevolent grant from the Benevolent Fund as specified in column (4) of the Third Schedule; or where the employee dies during the continuance of his employment, or during retirement before attaining the age of seventy years, his spouse shall be entitled to receive for life such benevolent grant from the Benevolent Fund as specified in column (4) of the Third Schedule:
Provided that, if the deceased employee has no spouse or the spouse dies, other members of his family shall be entitled to receive benevolent grant from Benevolent Fund as prescribed for a period of fifteen years or up to the date the deceased employee would have attained the age of seventy years, whichever is earlier:
Provided further that the said period of fifteen years shall be reckoned from the date from which the deceased employee or, as the case may be, the spouse became eligible for such grant.
(4) The beneficiaries whose grant period has not expired on 30th day of November, 2003 shall be entitled to an increase equal to twenty percent of the grant sanctioned under the rules with effect from the first day of December, 2003, for the remaining period of the grant.".
5. Addition of new Schedule, Act II of 1969. In the said Act, after the Second Schedule, the following new Schedule shall be added, namely:‑
"THE THIRD SCHEDULE [See sections 12(1) and 13(3)]
The rates of subscriptions to the Benevolent Fund and the amount of monthly benevolent grant payable under section 13(3) out of such fund applicable on and after the first day of December, 2003.
Sl. No. Monthly Pay (Rs.) Rate of monthly Subscription (Rs.) Rate of monthly Benevolent grant (Rs.)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1. Up to –2000 39 880
2. 2001 – 2100 41 920
3. 2101 – 2200 43 960
4. 2201 – 2300 45 1000
5. 2301 –2400 47 1040
6. 2401 – 2500 49 1080
7. 2501 – 2600 51 1120
8. 2601 – 2700 53 1160
9. 2701 – 2800 55 1200
10. 2801 – 2900 57 1240
11. 2901 – 3000 59 1280
12. 3001 – 3000 61 1320
13. 3101 – 3200 63 1360
14. 3201 – 3300 65 1400
15. 3301‑ 3400 67 1440
16. 3401 3500 69 1480
17. 3501– 3600 71 1520
18. 3601 3700 73 1560
19. 3701 – 3800 75 1600
20. 3801 – 3900 77 1640
21. 3901 – 4000 79 1680
22. 4001– 4100 81 1720
23. 4101 – 4200 83 1760
24. 4201 ‑ 4300 85 1800
25. 4301 – 4400 87 1840
26. 4401 – 4500 89 1880
27. 4501 – 4600 91 1920
28. 4601 – 4700 93 1960
29. 4701 – 4800 95 2000
30. 4801 – 4900 97 2040
31. 4901 – 5000 99 2080
32. 5001 – 5500 105 2200
33. 5501 – 6000 115 2400
34. 6001‑6500 125 2600
35. 6501‑7000 135 2800
36. 7001‑7500 145 3000
37. 75018000 155 3200
38. 8001 – 8500 155 3400
39. 8501 – 9000 155 3600
40. 9001 – 9500 155 3800
41. 9501 and above 155 4000."
