Employees' Social Insurance Ordinance, 1962

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THE EMPLOYEES SOCIAL INSURANCE ORDINANCE, 1962 
 
CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
 
PRELEMINARY 
1.  Short title, extent, commencement and application 
2.  Definitions 
CHAPTER II 
 
ORGANIZATION 
3.  Establishment and incorporation of Employees, Social Insurance Institution 
4.  Management 
5.  Governing Body 
6.  Powers and functions of the Governing Body 
7.  Meetings of the Governing Body 
8.  Head Office 
9.  Provincial institution 
10.  Authentication of orders, etc. 
11.  Supersession of the Governing Body 
12.  Medical Advisory Council 
13.  Duties of Medical advisory Council 
14.  Filling of casual vacancies 
15.  Fees and allowance 

 
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16.  Registration 
17.  Disqualifications 
18.  Regional boards, local committees and medical boards 
19.  Director-General and Deputy Director-General 
20.  Officers and staff of the Institution 
CHAPTER III 
 
CONTRIBUTION 
21.  Contribution 
22.  Records and returns by employers 
23.  Officials of Institution to check employers books 
24.  Increase of unpaid contributions and recovery of contributions, etc., as arrears of land 
revenue 
25.  Safeguard of insured person’s rights in default of payment of contribution by employer.  
26.  Return of contribution paid erroneously 
27.  Increase of contributions where safety rules not observed 
28.  Extinguishment of claims to contributions 
CHAPTER IV 
 
FINANCE AND AUDIT 
29. Employees Social Insurance Fund 
30.  Security reserves 
31.  Investment and loans 
32.  Budget estimates 
33.  Accounts and audit 
34.  Annual Reports 
35.  Valuation of assets and liabilities 
CHAPTER V 
 
BENEFITS 
 
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36.  Sickness benefits 
37.  Maternity benefits 
38.  Death grant in case of death following sickness 
39.  Medical care during sickness and maternity 
40.  Injury benefit 
41.  Disablement pension 
42.  Disablement gratuity 
43  Survivors’ pension 
44.  Death grant in case of death resulting from employment injury 
45.  Medical care in case of employment injury 
46.  Content of medical care 
47.  Manner of providing medical care 
48.  Institution's power to promote measures for health, welfare, etc., of insured persons 
49.  Claims for benefits 
50.  Benefit not assignable or attachable 
51.  Exemption from stamp duty 
52.  Non-duplication of benefits 
53.  Repayment of benefit improperly received 
54.  Institution's right to recover damages from employer in certain cases 
55.  Institution's right to be indemnified in certain cases 
CHAPTER VI 
 
DETERMINATION OF QUESTIONS AND CLAIMS 
56.  Questions and claims to be decided by the authority specified in the regulations 
57.  Medical Boards to assess disablement 
58.  Decisions to be in writing in certain cases 
 
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59.  Appeal from authority's decision 
60.  Constitution of insurance court 
61.  Jurisdiction of insurance courts 
62.  Transfer of appeals from one insurance court to another 
63.  Powers of insurance courts etc. 
64.  Appearance by legal practitioners, etc. 
65.  Appeal 
66.  Stay of payment pending appeal 
CHAPTER VII 
 
PENALTIES 
67.  Offences and penalties 
68.  Prosecutions 
CHAPTER VIII 
 
MISCELLANEOUS 
69.  Contributions, etc., to have priority over other debts 
70.  Exemption from taxes 
71.  Exemption from Chapters III and V and levy of special tax 
72.  Review and modification of wage class 
73.  Employer not to dismiss or punish employee during the period of sickness, etc. 
74.  Bar of benefits under other laws 
75.  Suit for damages in a civil court 
76.  Members and servants of the Institution to be public servants 
77.  Removal of difficulties 
78.  Delegation of powers 
79.  Power to make rules 
80.  Power to make regulations 
 
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81.  Supersession of certain jaws and insurance policies 
THE SCHEDULE 
  
 
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THE EMPLOYEES’ SOCIAL INSURANCE ORDINANCE, 1962 
 
ORDINANCE NO. XXII OF 1962 
 [25th May, 1962]  
AN  
 
ORDINANCE  
to introduce a scheme of social insurance for providing benefits to certain employees or their 
dependants in the event of sickness, maternity, employment injury or death, and for matters ancillary 
thereto 
 
 WHEREAS it is expedient to introduce a scheme of social insurance for p roviding benefits to 
certain employees or their dependants in the event of sickness, maternity, employment injury or 
death, and for matters ancillary thereto;  
 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the seventh day of October, 1958, 
and in e xercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the President is pleased to make and 
promulgate the following Ordinance:__ 
CHAPTER I 
 
PRELEMINARY 
 
 1. Short title, extent, commencement and application. ___(1) This Ordinance may be called 
the Employees' Social Insurance Ordinance, 1962.  
 
 (2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.  
 
 (3) It shall come into force at once, but apply only to such areas, classes of persons, industries 
or establishments, and from such date or dates, as the 1[Federal Government] may, by notification in 
the official Gazette, specify in this behalf.  
 2. Definitions. —In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or 
context,-  
 (1) “appointed day” means, in relat ion to any area, class of persons, industries or 
establishments, the day on which this Ordinance is applied to such area or in respect of such class of 
persons, industries or establishments;  
 (2) “appropriate Government” means in respect of any industry o r establishment carried on 
by or under the authority of the 1[Federal Government], the 1[Federal Government], and in other 
cases the Provincial Government;  
 (3) “casual employment” means employment (other than employment in construction work) 
which is not in the course of employer's ordinary trade or business and is normally expected to last 
less than three days;  
 (4) “confinement” means labour resulting in t he issue of a living child, or labour after 
twentysix weeks of pregnancy resulting in the issue of a child whether alive or dead;  
 (5) “contribution” means the sum of money payable to the Institution by the employer in 
respect of an employee and includes any amount payable by, or on behalf of, the employee in 
accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance; 
1Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.  
 
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  (6) “dependant” means the wife or a needy invalid husband and any of the unmarried children 
under the age of sixteen years dependant upon the insured person or the recipient of a disablement 
pension;   
 (7) “Director-General” means the Director-General of the Institution;  
 (8) “disablement” means such incapacity caused by employment  injury as is certified by a 
medical practitioner authorized in accordance with the regulations to have permanently disabled or to 
be likely to permanently disable the insured person from earning from his usual or any other 
occupation more than ninety five percent of the average rate of earnings in his usual occupation, and 
disablement shall be “minor” where the loss of earning capacity ranges from five percent. to twenty 
percent and “partial” where the loss of earning capacity ranges from twenty percent to  sixty six 
percent and “total” where the loss of earning capacity is in excess of sixty six percent.;  
 (9) “employee” means any person working for wages in any industry, business, undertaking 
or establishment under any contract of service or apprenticeshi p, whether written or oral, express or 
implied, but does not include__  
(a)  persons in the service of the State, including members of the armed forces and 
railway servants;  
(b)  persons employed in any undertaking under the control of any defence 
organization or railway administration;  
(c)  persons in the service of a local council, a municipal committee, a cantonment 
board or any other local authority;  
(d)  any person in the service of his father, mother, wife, son or daughter, or of her 
husband;  
(e)  domestic servants; and  
(f)  workmen employed in any factory, within the meaning of the Factories Act, 
1934 (XXV of 1934), on wages exceeding five hundred rupees per mensem;  
 (10) “employer” means, in the case of works executed or undertaking carried on behalf of the 
State, the contractor or licensee working for the State, and in every other case the owner of the 
industry, business, undertaking or establishment in which an employee works and includes the agent, 
manager and representative of the owner;  
 (11) “employment injury” means a personal injury to an employee caused by accident or by 
an occupational disease to be specified in the regulations, arising out of and in the course of his 
employment;  
 (12) “establishment” means an organization, public or  private, industrial, commercia l, 
agricultural or otherwise; 
 (13) “Governing Body” means the Governing Body of the Institution;  
 (14) “Institution” means the Employees' Social Insurance Instit ution established under 
section3;  
 
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 (15) “insurance area” means an area to which this Ordinance has been applied;  
 (16) “insured person” means a person in respect of whom contributions are or were payable 
under this Ordinance;  
 (17) “Medical Advisory Council” means the Medical Advisory Council established under 
section 12;  
 (18) “member” means a member of the Governing Body;  
 (19) “rescribed” means prescribed by rules;  
 (20) “regulations” means regulations made under this Ordinance;  
 (21) “rules” means rules made under this Ordinance;  
 (22) “sickness” means a morbid condition which requires medical treatment and attendance;  
 (23) “wages” means remuneration for services paid or payable in cash or in kind to an insured 
person under a contract of service or apprenticeship, express or implied, but does not include-  
(a)  any sum paid to the person employed to defray special expenses entailed by 
the nature of his employment; or  
(b)  any gratuity payable on discharge; or  
(c)  any sum paid as bonus by the employer; and shall be deemed to incl ude 
payment to an insured person in respect of any period of authorized leave, 
lockout or legal strike;  
 (24) “week” means a period of seven days beginning with a specific weekly holiday. 
CHAPTER II 
 
ORGANIZATION 
 3. Establishment and incorporation of Employees, Social Insurance Institution.___ (1) As 
soon as may be after the commencement of this Ordinance, the 1[Federal Government] shall establish 
an institution to be called the Employees' Social Insurance Institution.  
 (2) The Institution shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal 
with power, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, 
both movable and immovable, and shall by the aforesaid name sue and be sued.  
 4. Management .___(1) The general direction and superintendence of the affairs of the 
Institution shall vest in a Governing Body which, with the assistance of a Director -General, may 
exercise all powers and do all acts and things which may be exercised or done by the Institution.  
 (2) In discharging its functions, the Board shall be guided by such instructions on questions 
of policy as may be given to it from time to time by the 1[Federal Government], which shall be the 
sole judge as to whether any instructions are on a question of policy or not. 
1Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.  
 
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  5. Governing Body.___(1) The Governing Body shall consist of the following members to be 
appointed by the 1[Federal Government], by notification in the official Gazette, namely:__  
(a)  a person who is, or has been, or is qualified to be, a Judge of the High Court, 
and he shall be the Chairman of the Governing Body;  
(b)  two persons to represent the 1[Federal Government], of whom o ne shall be a 
representative of the Labour and Social Welfare Division of the Ministry of 
Health, Labour and Social Welfare and the other of the Industries Division of 
the Ministry of Industries and Natural Resources;  
(c)  one person to represent the Gove rnment of East Pakistan, and one to represent 
the Government of West Pakistan;  
(d)  four persons to represent the employers;  
(e)  two persons to represent insured persons; and  
(f)  Chairman, Medical Advisory Council, ex-officio.  
 (2) Members to be appointed under clause (d) or clause (e) of sub -section (1) shall be chosen 
from a list, comprising twice as many names as there be vacancies to be filled, 6 and drawn in the 
prescribed manner respectively by the organizations of employer s and employees recognized by the 
1[Federal Government] for that purpose, so that the employers and insured persons of both the 
Provinces are adequately represented.  
 (3) Subject to other provisions of this Ordinance, a member of the Governing Body shall hold 
office for three years from the date on which his appointment is notified under sub-section (1).  
 6. Powers and functions of the Governing Body. —Besides the powers conferred on, and 
the functions entrusted to it by the provisions of this Ordinance or  by the rules or regulations, the 
Governing Body shall have the power-  
 (1) to approve the budget estimates, the audited accounts and the annual report of the 
Institution for submission to the 1[Federal Government] in accordance with the provisions of thi s 
Ordinance; and  
 (2) to call for any information, or direct any research to be made for the furtherance of the 
objects of this Ordinance.  
 7. Meetings of the Governing Body .___(1) The meetings of the Governing Body shall be 
held at such times and at such places as may be provided by regulations and until regulations are 
made in this behalf, such meetings shall be convened by the Chairman.  
 (2) To constitute a quorum at a meetin g of the Governing Body, the number of members 
present shall be five.  
 (3) Each member shall have one vote, and, in the event of equality of votes, the Chairman 
shall have a second or casting vote. 
1Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.  
 
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 (4) The meetings of the Governing Body shall be presided over by the Chairman, and in the 
absence of the Chairman by the person elected for the purpose by the members present, from 
amongst themselves.  
 8. Head Office. — The head office of the Institution shall be at Karachi but the 1[Federal 
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, transfer it to such other place as may be 
specified in such notification.  
 9. Provincial institutions .___(1) There shall be established in the prescribed member two 
provincial institutions, one for East Pakistan and the other for West Pakistan, for carrying out the 
purposes of this Ordinance.  
 (2) Each provincial institution shall have such constitution, com position and powers as may 
be prescribed.  
 (3) Each provincial institution shall have its own fund which shall as far as may be comprise 
of such portion of the Employees' Social Insurance Fund as is collected in that Province, and the 
institution may incur such expenditure out of the said fund as may be necessary.  
 (4) Subject to rules, a provincial institution may, within the Province, exercise all or any of 
the powers of the Institution, and anything done or any action taken by a provincial institution in 
exercise of such powers shall be deemed to have been done or taken on behalf of the Institution.  
 (5) In discharging its functions a provincial institution shall be guided by such instructions on 
questions of policy as may be given to it from time to time by the Governing Body which shall be the 
sole judge as to whether any instructions are on a question of policy or not.  
 10. Authentication of orders, etc., —All orders and decisions of the Governing Body shall 
be authenticated by the signature of the Chairman or of such other member as may have been 
authorized by the Governing Body in writing for the purpose.  
 11. Sup ersession of the Governing Body .___(1) If, in the opinion of the 1[Federal 
Government], the Governing Body has persistently failed to perform the duties imposed upon it by or 
under this Ordinance, or has abused its powers, the 1[Federal Government] may, by notification in 
the official Gazette, supersede the Governing Body  
 Provided that before such supersession the 1[Federal Government] shall give the Governing 
Body a reasonable opportunity to show cause why it should not be superseded and shall consider any 
explanations or objections which it submits.  
 (2) Upon the publication of a notification under sub -section (1), all members of the 
Governing Body shall cease to be such members.  
 (3) Immediately upon the supersession of a Governing Body, the 1[Federal Government] shall 
constitute another Governing Body by appointing new members in accordance with the provisions of 
section 5. 
 12. Medical Advisory Council .___ (1) As soon as may be, the 1[Federal Government] shall 
establish a Medical Advisory council consisting of the following members, namely:__ 
1Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.  
 
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    (a)  the Director-General, Health, who shall be the Chairman of the Council;  
(b)  the Deputy Director-General, Health;  
(c)  three physicians to be appointed by the 1[Federal Government] of whom one 
shall be a woman and one a representative of such medical association as may 
be recognized for the purpose by the 1[Federal Government].  
 (2) A member appointed under clause (c) of sub -section (1) shall, unless sooner remo ved, 
hold office for a period of three years from the date of his appointment. 
 13. Duties of Medical advisory Council.—The Medical Adivsory Council shall-  
(a)  advise the Governing Body on matters relating to the administration of 
medical care and the pr evention and treatment of diseases among insured 
persons;  
(b)  perform such other duties in connection with medical care as may be specified 
in the regulations.  
 14. Filling of casual vacancies. —A member of the Governing Body or of the Medical 
Advisory Council appointed to fill a vacancy other than a full term vacancy shall hold office only for 
so long as the member in whose place he is appointed would have been entitled to hold office if the 
vacancy had not occurred.  
 15. Fees and allowance. —The members  of the Governing Body and of the Medical 
Advisory Council shall receive such fees and allowances as may be prescribed.  
 16. Registration.—A member of the Governing Body or of the Medical Advisory Council, 
other than a member ex-officio, may resign his of fice by notice in writing to the 1[Federal 
Government] and his seat shall fall vacant on the acceptance of the resignation.  
 17. Disqualifications .___(1) No person shall be or shall continue to be a member of the 
Governing Body or of the Medical Advisory Council, if he-  
(a)  has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude ; or  
(b)  is declared to be of unsound mind by a competent court ; or  
(c)  is an undischarged insolvent ; or  
(d)  is a member of a legislature ; or  
(e)  is a member of the staff of the Institution ; or  
(f)  has any direct or indirect interest in a contract with, or in any work being done 
for, the Institution, except as a shareholder (not being a Director) of a 
company ; or  
(g)  owes to the Institution contributions to the exte nt specified in the regulations ; 
or  
1Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.  
 
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 (h)  has lost the capacity by virtue of which he was appointed as such member ; or  
(i)  has failed to attend more than one -third of the number of meetings of the 
Governing Body or the Medical Advisory Council, as the case may be, held 
during any year.  
(2) The 1[Federal Government] may, by order in writing, remove the Chairman or a member of the 
Governing Body or the Chairman or member of the Medical Advisory Council, if he__  
(a)  refuses or fails to discharge or becomes, in the opinion of the 1[Federal 
Government], incapable of discharging his responsibilities under this 
Ordinance ; or  
(b)  has in the opinion of the 1[Federal Government], abused his position as such 
member ; or  
(c)  has absented himself from three consecutive meetings of the Governing Body 
or of the Medical Advisory Council, as the case may be, without the leave of 
the 1[Federal Government] in the case of Chairman, or of the Chairman in the 
case of a member.  
 18. Regional boards, local committe es and medical boards .___(1) The appropriate 
Government shall appoint regional boards and local committees in such insurance areas and in such 
manner as may be provided by regulations.  
 (2) The regional boards shall appoint  medical boards in such Insurance areas and in such 
manner as may be provided by regulations.  
 (3) The powers and functions of the regional boards, local committees and medical boards, as 
well as the fees and allowances to be paid to their members shall b e such as may be provided by 
regulations.  
 19. Director -General and Deputy Director -General.___(1) There shall be a Director -
General of the Institution and a Deputy Director -General of the Institution, both to be appointed by 
the 1[Federal Government].  
 (2) The Director -General shall be the chief executive of the Institution and shall act as 
Secretary to the Governing Body.  
 (3) He shall be responsible to the Governing Body in respect of all matters in respect of the 
structure, administration and personnel of the Institution.  
 (4) He shall have such powers regarding appointment, transfer, promotion, dismissal and 
other matters affecting the staff of the Institution as are provided for by regulations.  
 (5) The Deputy Director -General shall perform the duties of the Director -General when the 
latter is absent or prevented from acting and the Director General may assign to the Deputy Director -
General the responsibility for the direction of certain services,  or delegate to him any of his own 
powers.  
1Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.  
 
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 20. Officers and staff of the Institution. —The Governing Body may employ such officers 
and staff in the headquarters office of the Institution  and in the offices of the provincial institutions 
referred to in section 9 as the regulation may provide.  
CHAPTER III 
 
CONTRIBUTION 
 21. Contribution.___(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Chapter, the employer shall, in 
respect of every employee, whether directly employed by him or through any other person, pay to the 
Institution a contribution at such rate and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.  
 (2) Such contribution shall comprise the share payable by the employer (hereinafter referred 
to as employer's contribution) and the share payable by the employee (hereinafter referred to as 
employee's contribution) and the rate of such share shall be determined by rules:  
 Provided that the amount of the employee's contribution shall in no case exceed one -third of 
the whole amount of contribution.  
 (3) The employer shall deduct the amount of employee’s contribution from his wages:  
 Provided that__  
(a)  the employer shall not deduct the amount of employee's contribution from any 
wages other than wages for the period to which the contribution relates ;  
(b)  the employer shall not be entitled to deduct from the employee's wages or to 
otherwise recover from him any portion of the employer's contribution, 
notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary ;  
(c)  where the whole or part of the wages are not payable by the employer, 
deductions in respect of employee's contribution shall be made in such manner 
as may be provided by regulations.  
 (4) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 72—  
(a)  no contribution shall be payable on wages in excess of rupees twenty per day ; 
and  
(b)  no deduction on account of employee's contribution shall be made from wages 
which are less than rupees two per day.  
 (5) For the purposes of determining the amount of contribution, daily wages shall be 
calculated in such manner as may be prescribed.  
 (6) Where the mode of payment of remuneration makes it  difficult to determine the amount 
of wages for computing the employee's contribution, the Director -General may, subject to rules and 
in consultation with the representatives of the employers and the employees, determine and fix such 
wages and may also for that purpose determine classes and categories of employees.  
 (7) Any sum deducted from an insured person's wages by the employer under this Ordinance 
shall be deemed to have been entrusted to him for the purpose of paying the insured person's share of 
the contribution in respect of which it was paid.  
 
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 (8) In the case of construction work the owner of the building shall guarantee the payment of 
contributions by the contractor.  
 (9) In the case of works executed or undertakings carried on behalf of the State by a 
contractor or licensee, the competent public authority shall, before final settlement of the claims of 
the contractor or licensee arising out of the contract, require the  production of a certificate from the 
Institution showing that the necessary contribution have been paid and in default of such certificate, 
it shall deduct the appropriate amount of contribution payable and pay it direct to the Institution.  
 22. Records and returns by employers.—Every employer shall keep such records and shall 
submit to the Institution such returns, in such form and containing such particulars relating to persons 
employed by him, as may be provided in the regulations.  
 23. Officials of I nstitution to check employers books .___(1) Any official of the Institution 
specified in the regulations, may, for the purpose of inquiring into the correctness of any of the 
particulars stated in the records or returns referred to in section 22, or for the purpose of ascertaining 
whether any the provisions of this Ordinance have been complied with,-  
(a)  require an employer to furnish to him such information as he may consider 
necessary; or  
(b)  at any reasonable time enter any establishment or other premises occupied by 
such employer and requ ire any person found in charge thereof to produce and 
allow him to examine such  accounts, books and other docu ments relating to 
the employment of persons and payment of wages, or to furnish to him such 
information as he may consider necessary; or  
(c)  examine, with respect to any matter relevant to the purpose aforesaid, the 
employer, his agent, or any person found in such establishment or other 
premises, or any other person whom the said official has reasonable cause to 
believe to be or to have been an insured person.  
 (2) The official mentioned in sub -section (1) shall be bound to secrecy as regards all matters 
with which he becomes acquainted in the performance of his duties and which do not relate to 
matters provided for in this Ordinance.  
 (3) If the employer fails to maintain records or to submit returns as required by regulations, or 
otherwise fails to comply with sub -section (1) and thereby makes 1[if] difficult to ascertain the 
identity of persons required to be insured or the amount of contributi ons payable, contributions shall 
be assessed on the basis of such evidence as the Institution may find satisfactory for this purpose.  
 24. Increase of unpaid contributions and recovery of contributions, e tc., as arrears of 
land revenue.___(1) If any employer fails to pay his contribution on the due date, it shall be increased 
by such percentage or amount may be prescribed but in no case such incr ease shall exceed fifty 
percent of the amount of contribution due.  
 (2) Without prejudice to any other remedy, the amount of contribution due, together with the 
increase accruing under subsection (1), may be recovered as arrears of land revenue.  
 
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 25. Safeguard of insured person’s rights in default of payment of contribution b y 
employer.—In the event of default of payment of contribution by the employer in respect of an 
insured person, the rights of that person to benefits under this Ordinance shall be safeguarded to such 
extent and in such manner as may be provided in the regulations, pro vided such default has not been 
with the consent or connivance of the insured person.  
 26. Return of contribution paid erroneously.—Every person or his employer shall be 
entitled to the return of any contribution paid to the Institution under the erroneou s belief that it was 
payable in respect of such person under the provisions of this Ordinance or was payable at a higher 
rate than the rate prescribed:  
 Provided that where contribution was paid under the erroneous belief that a person was an 
insured person, any sum paid to such person or his dependants by way of benefits shall be deducted 
from the amount of contribution:  
 Provided further that contributions shall not be returned except on application made within 
six months of the date on which they were paid.  
 27. Increase of contributions where safety rules not observed. —If an employer fails to 
observe rules of safety or hygiene prescribed by or under any enactment applicable to an 
establishment, the Director-General may by order in writing, subject to rules, increase the employer's 
rate of contribution, provided that such increase shall not exceed twenty percent  of the contribution 
otherwise payable.  
 28. Extinguishment of claims to contributions. — The claim of the Institution for unpaid 
contributions shall be extinguished after five years following the financial year within which the 
liability for contributions was determined.  
CHAPTER IV 
 
FINANCE AND AUDIT 
 29. Employees Social Insurance Fund .___(1) All contributions paid under this Ordinance 
and all other moneys received by or on behalf of the Institution shall be paid into a fund to be called 
the Employees' Social Insurance Fund, which shall be held and administered by the Institution for the 
purposes of this Ordinance.  
 (2) The Institution may accept grants, donations and gifts from the 1[Federal] or Provincial 
Government, or from a local authority or other body for all or any of the purposes of this Ordinance.  
 (3) All moneys accruing or paya ble to the said Fund shall be received by such officers of the 
Institution as may be prescribed and shall be deposited forthwith with the State Bank of Pakistan or 
such other bank as may be approved by the Governing Body, to the credit of the Employees' So cial 
Insurance Fund.  
 (4) The Institution shall maintain separate accounts in the Fund for the branch of insurance 
covering employment injuries, for the branch of insurance covering sickness, maternity and death 
grants, for administrative expenses, and fo r such other branches of insurance or for such other 
purposes as may be prescribed. 
 
1Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central”.  
 
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 (5) Appropriation of moneys in the Fund to each of the said accounts and the allocation of 
moneys for meeting th e cost of medical care and other expenses shall be made by the Governing 
Body with the approval of the 1[Federal Government].  
 30. Security reserves .___(1) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, the Institution 
shall establish and maintain a separate security reserve__  
(a)  in the account covering employment injuries, equal to at least twenty -five 
percent. of the average annual expenditure incurred in the last preceding three 
financial years on the payment of benefits in respect of employment  injuries 
other than pensions plus the prospective value of all pensions arising out of 
employment injuries accruing before the end of the last preceding financial 
year; and  
(b)  in the account covering sickness, maternity and death, equal to at least twenty-
five percent  of the average annual expenditure incurred during the last 
preceding three financial years on the payment of benefits in respect of 
sickness, maternity and death:  
 Provided that before the expiry of three financial years from the coming i nto force of this 
Ordinance, the minimum limit of each of the said security reserves shall be such as the 1[Federal 
Government] may determine.  
 (2) Whenever any such reserve falls below the aforesaid limits, the 1[Fedral Government] 
shall, on the recommen dation of the Governing Body, fix such higher rate of contribution for the 
next ensuing financial year as may be necessary to avoid a deficit in the security reserve and shall 
notify such higher rate in the official Gazette before it becomes effective:  
 Provided that the 1[Federal Government] may, instead of fixing such higher rate of 
contribution, grant to the Institution a sum equal to the annual receipts estimated to accrue from the 
increase in the rate of contribution.  
 31. Investment and loans.___(1) Subject to rules, the Institution may from time to time invest 
any moneys which are not immediately required for expenses under this Ordinance and may reinvest 
or realise such investments.  
 (2) The Institution may, with the previous sanction of the 1[Federal Government] and on such 
terms as it may specify, raise loans and take measures for discharging such loans.  
 32. Budget estimates.—The Institution shall frame a budget annually showing the estimated 
receipts and expenditure for the following year, and shall submit it to the 1[Federal Government], 
whose approval with respect to anticipated administrative expenditures shall be necessary.  
 33. Accounts and audit .___(1) The Institution shall maintain accounts of its income and 
expenditure in such form and manner as may be prescribed.  
 (2) The accounts of the Institution shall be audited at such times and in such manner as may 
be prescribed by auditors appointed by the 1[Federal Government]. 
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 (3) The auditors shall have access to the books, accounts and other documents of the 
Institution at all reasonable times, and may call for such explanations and information as they may 
require, or examine any officer of the Institution.  
 (4) The auditors shall forward their report to the 1[Federal Government] together with an 
audited copy of the accounts of the Institution.  
 34. Annual Reports. —The Institution shall submit to the 1[Federal Government] an annual 
report of its work and activities  
 35. Valuation of assets and liabilities. —The Institution shall, at intervals of not more than 
five years, have a valuation of its assets and liabilities:  
 Provided that the 1[Federal Government] may direct a valuation to be made at such other 
times as it may consider necessary.  
CHAPTER V 
 
BENEFITS 
 36. Sickness benefits .___ (1) An insured person who is certified by a medical practitioner to 
be incapable of attending to his work on account of sickness shall be entitled to receive sickness 
benefit at the rate specified in the Schedule, if during the six calendar months immediat ely preceding 
the date on which his incapacity for work was so certified, contributions in respect of him were paid 
or payable for not less than ninety days.  
 (2) Sickness benefit shall be paid throughout the period of sickness of an insured person but 
for not more than ninety-one days in any continuous period of three hundred and sixty-five days:  
 Provided that no sickness benefit shall be paid for the first three days of sickness, unless it is 
sickness following, within fifteen days, another sickness for which sickness benefit was paid.  
 37. Maternity benefits.— An insured woman shall be entitled to receive maternity benefit at 
the rate specified in the Schedule, if contributions in respect of her were paid or payable for not less 
than one hundred and eighty days during the twelve calendar months immediately preceding the date 
from which she claims the benefit, and such benefit shall be paid for all days on which she does not 
work for remuneration during a period of twelve weeks, of which no t more than s ix weeks shall 
precede the expected date of confinement.  
 38. Death grant in case of death following sickness. —On the death of an insured person 
receiving or entitled to receive sickness benefit or medical care at the time of his death, the surviving 
widow or widower, or if there be no surviving widow or widower, the person who provided for the 
funeral, shall be entitled to a death grant equal to the daily rate of sickness benefit multiplied by 
thirty, but in no case less than fifty rupees.  
 39. Medical c are during sickness and maternity .___(1) An insured .person and his 
dependants shall be entitled to medical care for so long as he is or would be entitled to sickness 
benefit, whether he is or is not incapacitated for work, and after the termination of the  period of 
sickness benefit, the insured person shall be entitled to medical care for thirty days and thereafter for 
such period and to such items of medical care, if any, as may be prescribed in respect of any disease.  
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 (2) An insured woman shall be entitled to pre -natal, confinement and post-natal medical care, 
if she is entitled to maternity benefit under section 37 and to pre -natal medical care if during the six 
calendar months immed iately preceding her claim, con tributions in respect of her were paid or 
payable for not less than ninety days.  
 40. Injury benefit. —An insured person shall be entitled to receive injury benefit at the rate 
specified in the Schedule in respect of any day on which, as a result of an employment injury, he is 
incapable of work, but for not more than one hundred and eighty days, except for the first three days 
including the day on which the inquiry was received, for which days the employer shall pay to the 
insured person full wages.  
 41. Disablement pension .___(1) An insured person who sustains total or partial disablement 
shall be entitled  to receive disablement pension at the rate specified in the Schedule upon the 
expiration of his entitlement to injury benefit.  
 (2) Disablement pension shall terminate with the death of the recipient or when disablement 
ceases or ceases to be total or partial disablement:  
 Provided that if a disablement pension has been paid for five years, it shall be payable for 
life.  
 42. Disablement gratuity .___(1) An insured person who sustains minor disablement shall be 
entitled to a disablement gratuity at the rate provided in the Schedule.  
 (2) Where a person receiving disablement pension ceases to suffer from total or partial 
disablement but continues to suffer from minor disablement, he shall, on the termination of his 
disablement pension, be entitled to disablement gratuity. 
 43 Survivors’  pension.___(1) Where an insured person dies as a result of an employment 
injury, survivors' pension shall be payable to his dependents as follows, that is to say,__  
(a)  to the widow during life, an amount equal to three-fifths of the full rate of total 
disablement pension provided in paragraph 8(a) of the Schedule and where 
there are two or more widows, the amount of pension shall be divided equally 
between them;  
(b)  to each dependent child an amount equal to one -fifth of the full rate of total 
disablement pension provided in paragraph 8(a) of the Schedule:  
 Provided that if the child is a full orphan the amount shall be two-fifths of such full rate.  
 (2) In case the deceased person does not leave a widow, a survivors' pension shall be payable 
for life to a dependant father or mother equal to one -fifth of the full rate of the total disablement 
pension provided in paragraph 8 (a) of the Schedule:  
 Provided that if and so long  as the total of the dependants’  pension distributed among the 
widow or widows, dependant children, or dependant children and parents, exceeds the full rate of 
disablement pension the share of each of the survivors shall be reduced p roportionately so that the 
total amount payable to them does not exceed the amount of the said full rate.  
 
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 (3) Survivors' pension shall be payable upon the death of the insured person and shall be 
terminated upon the death of the dependant child or parent  or widow, upon the widow's marriage, or 
upon the child having attained the age of sixteen years, as the case may be.  
 44. Death grant in case of death resulting from employment injury. —Where an insured 
person dies as a result of an employment injury, or when he is in receipt of a total disablement 
pension, the widow or widower, or if there is no widow or widower, the person who provided for the 
funeral, shall be entitled to a death grant equal to the daily rate of injury benefit multiplied by thirty, 
but in no case less than fifty rupees.  
 45. Medical care in case of employment injury .___(1) When medical care is required as a 
result of an employment injury,__  
(a)  no conditions as regards payment of contribution shall apply;  
(b)  it shall be afforded fo r so long as required and shall include dental care in 
addition to the services referred to in section 46;  
(c)  the provisions of section 46 in so far as they relate to sharing of cost shall not 
apply.  
 (2) A person in receipt of a disablement pension (i n case the loss of his earning capacity is at 
least fifty percent. of the average rate of his earning in the usual occupation) or injury benefit and his 
dependants, and where the disablement pension is being received by the dependants of the insured 
person such dependants, shall be entitled to medical care for so long as the disablement pension or 
injury benefit, as the case may be, continues, and in the case of a disablement pension being received 
by the insured person for six months after the termination of the pension.  
 46. Content of medical care.___ (1) Medical care shall include—  
(a)  general practitioner care, including domiciliary visiting;  
(b)  specialist care in hospitals for in -patients and out -patients and such specialist 
care as may be available outside hospitals;  
(c)  essential pharmaceutical supplies as prescribed by medical o r other qualified 
practitioners;  
(d)  hospitalisation where necessary, including cases of  pregnancy and 
confinement;  
(e)  prenatal, confinement and post-natal care, either by medical practitioners or by 
qualified midwives.  
 (2) Regulations may provide that the beneficiary shall be required to share the costs of 
medical care referred to in clauses (a) and (c) of sub -section (1), and of medical care referred to in 
clause (b) of that sub -section if it is provided outside hospitals but in no case the beneficiary's share 
of such costs shall be more than one-fifth.  
 47. Manner of providing medical care.___(1) Regulations shall specify the manner in which 
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 (2) The Institution may, with the approval of the appropriate Government, establish and 
maintain such hospitals, dispensaries and other facilities as it finds necessary for providing medical 
care in pursuance of the provisions of this Ordinance.  
 (3) The Institution may buy or import and dispense pharmaceutical supplies direct to the 
beneficiaries.  
 (4) The Institution may enter into agreements with the appropriate Government, establish and 
maintain such hospitals, dispensaries and to the provision of medical care to persons entitled to it 
under this Ordinance.  
 (5) The Institution may enter into an agreement with an employer who maintains a hospital or 
dispensary or any other medical facility for th e benefit of his employees for the utilisation of such 
hospital, dispensary or facility for the purposes of the Institution, and such agreement may, among 
other things, specify persons to whom medical care shall be provided, the type of benefits to be made 
available, the minimum level of such benefits, the conditions under which such benefits shall be 
provided the extent of supervision which the Institution may exercise the submission of reports to the 
Institution by the employer and the extent and manner of reimbursement to the employer.  
 48. Institution's power to promote measures for health, welfare, etc., of insured 
persons.— The Institution may, in addition to the benefits specified in this Ordinance, undertake 
other measures for improving the health and welfare of insured persons and for the rehabilitation and 
settlement of such insured persons as might have been disabled or injured, and may for that purpose 
incur expenditure from the Employees, Social Insurance Fund to such extent as may be prescribed.  
 49. Claims for benefits .___(1) All claims for benefits under this Ordinance shall be made in 
such form and manner, and shall be accompanied by such documents, information and evidence as to 
entitlement as may be specified in the regulations.  
 (2) No claim for any benefit under this Ordinance shall be payable, unless it is duly preferred 
within six months, or in the case of disablement pension, survivors' pension and disablement 
gratuity, within twelve months of its accruing due, and every claim not so preferred shall be deemed 
to have been extinguished.  
 (3) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, payment in respect of benefits may be made 
weekly or monthly or at other intervals, or, in the case of small amounts, in lump sums, according as 
the regulations may provide.  
 50. Benefit not assignable or attachable .___(1) The right to receive any payment in respect 
of any benefit under this Ordinance shall not be transferable or assignable.  
 (2) No benefit payable under this Ordinance shall be liable to attachment or sale in execution 
of any decree or order of any court.  
 51. Exemption from stamp duty. —Stamp duty shall not be chargeable upon any draft or 
order or receipt in respect of any benefit payable under this Ordinance.  
 52. Non-duplication of benefits.___(1) An insured person shall not be paid for the same Non -
duplication period more than one of the benefits referred to in sections 36, 37 and 40, namely, 
sickness benefit, maternity ben efit and injury benefit, and where any person is entitled to more than 
one of these benefits he shall be given only one benefit which he chooses.  
 
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 (2) No person shall be entitled to sickness benefit or maternity benefit or injury benefit for 
any day for which he receives wages.  
 53. Repayment of benefit improperly received. —When a person has received any benefit 
or payment under this Ordinance to which he is not lawfully entitled, he shall be liable to repay to the 
Institution the value of the benefit or the amount of such payment, or in the case of his death, his 
representative shall be liable to repay the same from the assets of the deceased, if any, in his hands:  
 Provided that the Institution may waive repayment where there was no misrepresentation on  
the part of the claimant and the repayment would cause undue hardship to him or, as the case may 
be, to his survivors.  
 (2) For purposes of this section, the value of any benefit received, other than in cash, shall be 
determined in accordance with regulations.  
 (3) The amount recoverable under this section may be recovered as an arrear of land revenue.  
 54. Institution's right to recover damages from employer in certain cases. —Where, 
according to the finding of a court, an employment injury was sustaine d by an insured person by 
reason of a wrongful act of the employer or his agent, the employer or his agent shall reimburse the 
institution for the actuarial present value of the periodical payments or the amount of any lump sum 
payment which the Institutio n is liable to make under this Ordinance, such actuarial value shall be 
determined in accordance with the regulations.  
 55. Institution's right to be indemnified in certain cases. — Where an insured person is 
entitled to receive or to recover (but has not received or recovered) from any person, compensation 
or damages in respect of any sickness or employment injury caused under circumstances creating a 
legal liability in some person other than, in case of employment injury, the employer or his agent, the 
Institution shall be entitled to be indemnified by the person so liable.  
CHAPTER VI 
 
DETERMINATION OF QUESTIONS AND CLAIMS 
 56. Questions and claims to be decided by the authority specified in the regulations. — 
All claims under this Ordinance and all questions as to___  
(a)  whether any person is an insured person within the meaning of this Ordinance 
or whether he is liable to pay the insured person's contribution ; or  
(b)  the rate of wages or average daily wages of an insured person for the purposes  
of this Ordinance ; or  
(c)  the rate of contribution payable by employer in respect of an employee ; or  
(d)  the person who is or was the employer in respect of any insured person ; or  
(e)  any benefit and the amount and duration thereof ; or  
(f)  any other matter in respect of any contribution or benefit or other dues payable 
or recoverable under this Ordinance;  
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 57. Medical Boards to assess disablement. —All quest ions as to the assessment of the 
degree of disablement shall be determined by a medical board appointed under section 18.  
 58. Decisions to  be in writing in certain cases .___(1) When the authority referred to in 
section 56 decides to reject or reduce any claim for a benefit under this Ordinance, it shall record its 
decision in writing stating therein reasons for such rejection or reduction and shall communicate the 
decision to the claimant concerned.  
 (2) The said authority may, on new facts being brought  to its notice, review a decision given 
by it on any claim or question:  
 Provided that no decision shall be so reviewed after six months from the date on which it is 
given.  
 59. Appeal from authority's decision.—Any person aggrieved by a decision of the authority 
referred to in section 56 may appeal to an insurance court constituted under section 60 or to a local 
committee appointed under section 18, in accordance with the regulations.  
 60. Constitution of insura nce court.___(1) The appropriate Government may, for purposes 
of this Ordinance, constitute by notification in the official Gazette, a court hereinafter referred to as 
the insurance court for any insurance area or areas specified in the notification.  
 (2) An insurance court shall consist of three members to be appointed by the appropriate 
Government.  
 (3) Any person who is or has been a judicial or law officer or a legal practitioner shall be 
qualified to be appointed as a member of an insurance court.  
 (4) All decisions of an insurance court shall be taken by majority.  
 61. Jurisdiction of insurance courts. —Except where appeals lie to a local committee in 
accordance with the provisions of the regulations, an insurance court shall have exclusive jurisdiction 
to hear and decide appeals from decisions of the authority referred to in section 56 in respect of all 
claims and questions arising in the insurance area.  
 62. Transfer of appeals from one insurance court to another. —Appeals may be 
transferred from one insurance court to another in such manner and in such circumstances as may be 
specified in the regulations.  
 63. Powers of insurance courts etc .___(1) An insurance court shall have all the powers of a 
civil court for the purposes of summoning and enfor cing the attendance of witnesses, compelling the 
discovery and production of documents and material objects, administering oath and recording 
evidence, and such a court shall be deemed to be a civil court within the meaning of section 195 of 
the Code of Criminal Procedure,1898 (Act V of 1898),.  
 (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, an insurance court may for the 
purpose of deciding any appeal examine such witnesses and take such evidence as it considers 
necessary.  
 (3) Subject to regulations, an insurance court may make such order with regard to costs 
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 (4) An order of the insurance court shall be enforceable as if it were a decree of a civil court.  
 (5) A person shall be guilty of contempt of an insurance court if he, without lawful excuse,—  
(a)  offers any insult to the insurance court or any member thereof while the court 
is functioning as such ; or  
(b)  causes any interruption in the work of the insurance court ; or  
(c)  fails to produce or deliver a document when ordered by the insurance court to 
do ; or  
(d)  refuses to answer any question of the insurance court which he is bound to 
answer ; or  
(e)  refuses to take oath to state the truth or to sign any statement ma de by him 
when required by the insurance court to do so; and the insurance court may, 
without any complaint having been made to it forthwith try such person for 
such contempt and sentence him to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees.  
 64. Appearance by legal practitioners, etc.—Any application, appearance or act required to 
be made or done by any person to or before an insurance court (other than appearance of a person 
required for the purposes of his examination as a witness) may be made or performed by a leg al 
practitioner or by an officer of a registered trade union authorized in writing by such person, or, with 
the permission of the court, by any other person so authorized.  
 65. Appeal.___(1) Save as expressly provided in this section, no appeal shall lie from an order 
of an insurance court.  
 (2) An appeal shall lie to the High Court from an order of an insurance court if it involves a 
substantial question of law.  
 (3) The period of limitation for an appeal under this section shall be thirty days.  
 (4) The provisions of sections 5 and 12 of the Limitation Act, 1908, shall apply to appeals 
under this section.  
 66. Stay of payment pending appeal. —Where the Institution has appealed against an order 
of an insurance court, that court may, and if so directed by the High Court, shall, pending the 
decision of the appeal, withhold the payment of any sum directed to be paid by the order appealed 
against.  
 
CHAPTER VII 
 
PENALTIES 
 67. Offences and penalties.___(1) If any person—  
(a)  for the purpose of obtaining the allowance or denial of any payment or benefit 
under this Ordinance whether for himself or some other person or for the 
purpose of avoiding any payment to be made by himself or any other person 
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(i)  knowingly makes or causes to be made any false statement or false 
representation; or  
(ii)  produces or furnishes, or causes or knowingly allows to be produced or 
furnished, any document or information which he knows to be false in 
a material particular; or  
(b)  fails to pay any contribution which under this Ordinance he is liable to pay; or  
(c)  recovers or attempts to recover from an insured person or deducts or attempts 
to deduct from his wages the whole or any part of the employer’s contribution; 
or  
(d)  fails or refuses to submit any return required by the regulations or makes a 
false return; or  
(e)  obstructs any official of the Institution in the discharge of his duties; or  
(f)  is guilty of any contravention of or non -compliance with any of the 
requirements of this Ordinance or the rules or regulations; he shall be punished 
with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine not 
exceeding one thousand rupees or with both.  
 68. Prosecutions.___(1) No prosecution under this Ordinance shall be instituted except with 
the previous sanction of the Director -General or of an officer authorized by him in writing in this 
behalf.  
 (2) No court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence under this 
Ordinance.  
 (3) No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Ordinance except on a complaint 
made in writing within six months of the date on which the offence is discovered. 
CHAPTER VIII 
 
MISCELLANEOUS 
 69. Contributions, etc., to have priority over other debts. —In any proceedings of 
insolvency against a person or proceedings for the winding up of a company, any contribution or 
other amount payable under this Ordinance by such person or company shall be deemed to be 
included among debts to be paid in priority to all other debts.  
 70. Exemption from taxes. —Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law the 
1[Federal Government] or the Provincial Government may, by order in writing, exempt the 
Institution from any tax, rate or duty leviable by such Government o r by a local authority under the 
control of such Government.  
 71. Exemption from Chapters II I and V and levy of special tax .___(1) The 1[Federal 
Government] may, after consultation with the Institution, by notification in the official Gazette, 
exempt any area or establishment from the operation of the provisions of Chapters III and V and 
shall in such area or establishment levy a tax equal to two percent of the total wages paid by the 
employer.  
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 (2) The said tax shall be assessed and collected in such manner as may be prescribed and the 
proceeds thereof shall he paid into a special account in the Employees’ Social Insurance Fund and 
shall be utilized for building up and improving medical fa cilities with a view to providing in due 
course medical care under this Ordinance to the employees of the area or establishment.  
 72. Review and modification of wage class .___(1) In September of each year the Governing 
Body shall review the wage classes a nd the rates of benefit specified in the Schedule in the light of 
any changes in wage levels or living costs and shall submit a report together with its 
recommendations to the 1[Federal Government].  
 (2) The 1[Federal Government] may, after considering the said report and recommendations, 
by notification in the official Gazette, enhance or reduce the wage limits specified in the sub -section 
(4) of section 21 and the wage limits and rates of benefit and pension specified in the Schedule.  
 73. Employer not to dismiss or punish employee dur ing the period of sickness, etc .___(1) 
No employer shall dismiss, discharge, or reduce or otherwise punish an employee during the period 
the employee is in receipt of sickness benefit, maternity benefit, injury benefit or medical care.  
 (2) No notice of dismissal or discharge or reduction given to an employee during the period 
specified in sub-section (1) shall be valid or operative.  
 74. Bar of benefits under other laws. —When a person is entitled to any of the benefits 
provided by this Ordinance, he shall not be entitled to any similar benefit under any other law.  
 75. Suit for damages in a civil court.—No suit for damages shall be instituted by an insured 
person against his employer in any civil court in respect of employment injury covered by this 
Ordinance.  
 76. Members and servants o f the Institution to be public servants. —The members of the 
Governing Body and every servant of the Institution shall be deemed to be a public servant within 
the meaning of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860).  
 77. Removal of difficulties. ___(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
Chapters III and V, the 1[Federal Government] may, by order notified in the official Gazette, make 
such provision or give such direction as appears to it to be necessary for the removal of the difficulty.  
 (2) Any order made under sub -section (1) shall have effect notwithstanding anything 
inconsistent therewith in any rules or regulations.  
 78. Delegation of powers.—The Governing Body may direct that all or any of its powers and 
functions may, in relation to such matters and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified, 
be also exercisable by the Director -General, Deputy Director -General or any officer or authority 
subordinate to the Institution.  
 79. Power to make rules .___(1) The 1[Federal Government] may, subject to the condition of 
previous publication, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of 
this Ordinance.  
 
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 (2) In p articular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules 
may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—  
 (1) the manner in which lists of persons from whom members of the Governing Body may be 
appointed shall be drawn by organizations of employers and employees;  
 (2) the manner of establishing provincial institutions and the constitution, composition and 
powers of such institutions;  
 (3) powers and functions of the Governing Body;  
 (4) fees and allowances of the members of the Governing Body and Medical Advisory 
Council;  
 (5) rate of, and conditions pertaining to, contributions; the ratio of employer’s con tribution 
and employee’s contribution;  
 (6) manner of calculating daily wages for the purpose of determining the amount of 
contribution;  
 (7) determination of wages by the Director -General where mode of payment of remuneration 
makes it difficult to determine such wages;  
 (8) percentage or amount by which contributions due may be increased under section 24;  
 (9) increase of employers contribution where rules of safety or hygiene are not observed by 
employer;  
 (10) officers of the Institution who may rec eive moneys or make payments on behalf of the 
Institution;  
 (11) purposes for which separate accounts may be maintained in the Employees’ Social 
Insurance Fund;  
 (12) conditions applying to security reserves;  
 (13) investment of surplus moneys; raising and repayment of loans;  
 (14) the preparation of budget; the form and manner in which the Institution shall maintain 
accounts and the manner in which accounts shall be audited;  
 (15) the period and the items of medical care for which an insured person shall be entitled in 
respect of any disease after the expiry of thirty days from the termination of sickness benefit;  
 (16) extent to which the Institution may incur expenditure on measures for improving the 
health and welfare of insured persons and for rehabilitating and settling disabled persons;  
 (17) assessment and collection of tax under section 71; and  
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 80. Power to make  regulations.___(1) The Governing Body may, subject to the condition of 
previous publication, by notification in the official Gazette, make regulations not inconsistent with 
the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules.  
 (2) In particular, and without pr ejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such 
regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-  
 (1) the authority by which and the manner in which a medical practitioner may be authorized 
to give a certificate required un der any provision of this Ordinance; the form of such certificate; the 
duties of medical practitioner; 
 (2) occupational diseases which may amount to employment injury;  
 (3) time and place for the meetings of the Governing Body, and Medical Advisory Council;  
 (4) duties of the Medical Advisory Council;  
 (5) extent of contributions which remaining unpaid a person shall be disqualified to be a 
member of the Governing Body or of the Medical Advisory Council;  
 (6) the manner in which contributions shall be assessed and collected;  
 (7) areas for which and the manner in which regional boards, local committees and medical 
bodies may be appointed;  
 (8) the powers and functions of the regional boards, local committees and medical boards and 
fees and allowances to be paid to their members;  
 (9) powers of the Director-General with regard to appointment, transfer, promotion, dismissal 
and other matters affecting the staff of the Institution;  
 (10) powers of the Gover ning Body to employ officers and staff in headquarters office of the 
Institution and in offices of the Provincial institutions;  
 (11) the method of recruitment, pay and allowances, discipline, superannuation benefits and 
other conditions of service of officers and servants of the Institution;  
 (12) manner of making deductions in respect of employee's contribution where whole or part 
of the wages are not payable by employer;  
 (13) records to be kept by employers, returns to be submitted by them; form of s uch returns, 
and particulars relating to employees to be stated in such returns;  
 (14) the manner in which any benefit including medical care shall be provided and conditions 
applying to benefits;  
 (15) the extent to which and the manner in which rights of insured persons shall be 
safeguarded in the event of default of payment of contribution by employers;  
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 (17) form and manner in which claims for benefits  shall be made, and the documents, 
information and evidence which shall accompany such claims; 
 (18) determination of the value of any benefit for the purpose of repayment to the Institution;  
 (19) determination of the actuarial present value of any payme nts for which the Institution 
become liable on account of employment injury sustained by an insured person by reason of a 
wrongful act of the employer or his agent;  
 (20) the authority by which and the manner in which claims and questions shall be decided;  
 (21) the cases in which and the manner in which appeals shall be made to the insurance court 
or to a local committee;  
 (22) the circumstances and the manner in which appeals pray be transferred from one 
insurance court to another;  
 (23) awarding of costs incidental to any appeal;  
 (24) the manner in which supplies for the use of the Institution shall be obtained and 
immovable property hired or acquired, and such supplies or property shall be sold or disposed of; 
and  
 (25) any other matters not provi ded for in the Ordinance or rules and necessary to give effect 
to the provisions of this Ordinance.  
 81. Supersession of certa in jaws and insurance policies .___(1) Workmen’s compensation 
and maternity benefit payable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (VIII of 1923), the 
Employer’s Liability Act, 1938 (XXIV of 1938), the Mines Maternity Benefit Act, 1941 (XIX of 
1941), or under any other law shall not be payable in respect of any employment on or after the 
appointed day and the enactments and law a foresaid shall, in so far as they are inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Ordinance, cease to have effect.  
 (2) As from the appointed day, any insurance policy made by the employer towards insuring 
his liability for employment injury arising out of t he Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (VIII of 
1923), shall be terminated, and the insurer shall be liable to refund such portion, if any, of the premia 
already paid as may be prescribed.   
THE SCHEDULE 
 (1) For the purpose of computing sickness benefit, mat ernity benefit and injury benefit, the 
insured person shall be assigned to the wage class specified in the first column of the Table appended 
to this Schedule (hereinafter referred to as the Table) on the basis of his average daily wages, as 
determined in paragraphs (2) and (3) below, as appropriate. Apprentices who do not receive any 
wages shall be assigned to the first wage class in that Table. 
 (2) For purposes of sickness and maternity benefit, an insured person’s average daily wages 
shall be determined  by dividing the wages liable to contribution which he received in the three 
calendar months preceding the month in which his incapacity occurred, or the month in which she 
stopped work in anticipation of confinement by the difference between 90 and the nu mber of days 
for which he or she received sickness benefit, maternity benefit or injury benefit during the same 
 
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period; if he or she received no wages liable to contribution during that period, he or she shall be 
assigned to the first wage class in the Table.  
 (3) For the purposes of injury benefit the average daily wages of an insured person shall be 
determined by dividing the wages liable to contribution which he received in the three calendar 
months preceding the month in which employment injury occurre d by the number of days he 
worked:  
 Provided that if he did not receive any wages in the said three months, his average daily 
wages shall be computed by dividing the wages which he received during the month in which the 
injury occurred by the number of days for which he received such wages:  
 Provided further, that if he had received no wages prior to the employment injury, his average 
daily wages shall be the wages specified in his contract of employment.  
 (4) For the wage classes specified in column 1 of the Table the daily rate of sicknes s benefit, 
maternity benefit and injury benefit shall be the amount specified in the second and third columns of 
the Table:  
 Provided that in no case shall the daily rate of maternity benefit be less than Re. 1.12.  
 (5) Sickness benefit, maternity benefi t and injury benefit shall be payable for seven days per 
week.  
 (6) Sickness benefit and injury benefit payable to an insured person without dependents shall 
be reduced by half during any period during which he is undergoing medical or other treatment as an 
in-patient in a hospital or similar institution.  
 (7) If an insured person entitled to sickness benefit or injury benefit in respect of a period of 
incapacity for work receives wages from his employer in respect of that period, the rate of sickness 
benefit or injury benefit shall be reduced, if necessary, to that amount which, if added to the wages 
paid, would reach a total not exceeding his average daily wage.  
(8)  (a)  The monthly rate of disablement pension in case of total disablement shall be 
 equal to the daily rate of injury benefit multiplied by thirty;  
(b)  the monthly rate aforesaid shall be increased by 50 percent. Where as a result 
of the disablement, the pensioner requires constant attendance.  
 (9) The monthly rate of disablement pension in case of partial disablement shall be equal to 
that percentage of the rate of disablement pension referred to in paragraph (8) 
(a)  as is represented by the insured person's degree of partial disablement 
increased by one-half.  
 (10) The amount of disablement gratuity shall be equal to six times the monthly rate of the 
disablement pension referred to in paragraph (8) (a) above.  
 
 
 
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THE TABLE 
 
Wage-classes 
 
Rate of  
sickness 
and 
maternity 
benefit.  
 
Rate of 
injury 
benefit.  
 
1 2 3 
 Rs. Rs. 
1.         Insured persons whose average daily wages are below Rs. 2.00.  0.75 0.94 
2.         Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 2 and above but 
below Rs. 3.00.  
1.25 1.50 
3.         Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 3 and above but 
below Rs. 4.00.  
1.75 2.12 
4.         Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 4 and above but 
below Rs. 6.00.  
2.50 3.00 
5.         Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 6 and above but 
below Rs. 8.00.  
3.50 4.25 
6.         Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 8 and above but 
below Rs. 12.00.  
5.00 6.00 
7.         Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs.12 and above but 
below Rs. 16.00.  
7.00 8.44 
8.         Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 16 and above.  10.00 12.00 
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 Dated: 05.04.24