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Power to make rules. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE \r\n2\r\n[PUNJAB] GOVERNMENT SERVANTS BENEVOLENT FUND \r\nORDINANCE, 1960 \r\n(XIV of 1960) \r\n[23 April 1960] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto constitute a Benevolent Fund for relief of Government servants and their families. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is ex pedient to constitute a Benevolent Fund for relief of \r\nGovernment servants and their families in the manner hereinafter appearing; \r\n NOW, THEREFORE , in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the \r\nseventh day of October, 1958, and in exercise of all pow ers enabling him in that \r\nbehalf, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the \r\nfollowing Ordinance:– \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called \r\nthe \r\n3\r\n[Punjab] Government Servants Benevolent Fund Ordinance, 1960. \r\n (2) It shall apply to all Government servants, as hereinafter defined; \r\nprovided that Government may, by notification, except\r\n4\r\n any class of Government \r\nservants from the operation of this Ordinance. \r\n (3) It shall come into force on such date\r\n5\r\n as Go vernment may, by \r\nnotification, appoint. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the \r\nfollowing expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to \r\nthem, that is to say– \r\n(a) “family” in relation to a Government servant means his or her– \r\n(i) wife or wives or husband, as the case may be; \r\n(ii) legitimate children and step children less than twelve years old; \r\n \r\n1This Ordinance was promulgated by t he Governor of West Pakistan on April 19, 1960 , published in the Gazette of West \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated April 23, 1960 , pp. 1773-1776; saved and given permanent effect by Article 225 of the \r\nConstitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962). \r\n2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.08.1973), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, s. 2 read with Schedule, Part \r\nIII, Serial No. 37. \r\n3Ibid. \r\n4Government Servants in Police Department and such Government Servants of Anti-Corruption Department as are contributing \r\ntowards the Police Welfare Fund, all officers and men of West Paki stan Rangers, Advocate General and Additional Advocate \r\nGeneral Punjab, Public Prosecutors, Additional and Assistant Public Prosecutors exempted from the provision of the \r\nOrdinance. \r\n5The Ordinance came in force with effect from December 27, 1960, vide Finance Department Notification No. FD-SOI(SR)-\r\n1109/60, dated December 27, 1960, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan 1960 (Extraordinary), p. 4839. \r\n(iii) legitimate children and step children not less than twelve years \r\nold, if residing with and wholly dependent upon him or her; \r\n(iv) parents, sisters and minor brothers, if residing with and wholly \r\ndependent upon him or her; \r\n(b) “Fund” means the fund constituted under this Ordinance; \r\n(c) “gazetted Government servant” means a Government servant holding \r\na post declared to be a gazetted pos t by Government or any authority \r\nempowered by Government in this behalf; \r\n(d) “Government” means the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government of the Punjab]; \r\n2\r\n[(e) “Government Servant” means:– \r\n(i) a person who is a member of a civil service of the Province; or \r\n(ii) a person wh o holds any civil post in connection with the affairs \r\nof the Province, including a member of the Civil Service of \r\nPakistan who has opted for the Fund, but excluding any other \r\nservant of Pakistan]; \r\n(f) “non-gazetted Government servant” means a Government servan t \r\nother than a gazetted Government servant; \r\n(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance. \r\n3. Fund.– (1) As soon as may be, Government shall constitute a fund to be \r\nknown as the \r\n3\r\n[Punjab] Government Servants Benevolent Fund. \r\n (2) The Fun d shall be divided into two parts; part I for gazetted \r\nGovernment servants and part II for non-gazetted Government servants. \r\n (3) Each part of the Fund shall consist of– \r\n(a) \r\n4\r\n[compulsory contributions recovered from] the Government servants at \r\nsuch rates as Government may, from time to time, prescribe\r\n5\r\n; \r\n(b) such grants as may, from time to time, be made by Government; \r\n(c) other contributions and donations; \r\n(d) income from investments made under this Ordinance. \r\n (4) The money credited to the Fund shall be held i n such custody as may \r\nbe prescribed. \r\n \r\n1Substituted for the words “Government of West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. \r\n14.08.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2 read \r\nwith Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 37. \r\n2Substituted by the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment ) Ordinance , 1962 (XIII of 1962) , \r\npublished in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated April 26, 1962, pp. 1741-1742, s. 2. \r\n3Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974, (1 of 1974),(w.e.f. 14.08.1973), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2 read with Schedule, \r\nPart III, serial No. 37. \r\n4Substituted for the words “contributions made by” by the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) \r\nOrdinance, 1962 (XIII of 1962), published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated April 26, 1962, pp. 1741-1742, \r\ns. 3. \r\n5See rule 2 of the rules under section 7. \r\n4. Utilization of the Fund.– The Fund shall be utilized for– \r\n(a) the relief of Government servants and their families by– \r\n(i) giving financial assistance to the families of deceased \r\nGovernment servants; \r\n(ii) giving financial assistance to Government servants invalided out \r\nof service; \r\n(iii) making special grants to Government servants in exceptional \r\ncases; \r\n(b) defraying expenditure incurred in respect of management of the Fund. \r\nExplanation.– The benefits admissible under this section will be in addition to the \r\npensions, family pension or gratuities awarded under the rules regulating the \r\nconditions of service of Government servants. \r\n5. Accounts and Audit .– (1) All contributions \r\n1\r\n[recovered] under clause (a) of \r\nsub-section (3) of Section 3 shall b e deducted at the source from the salaries of the \r\nGovernment servants concerned. \r\n (2) The Accountant -General, \r\n2\r\n[Punjab], \r\n3\r\n[***] shall be responsible for \r\nkeeping the accounts of the Fund. Audit of the assets of and expenditure from the \r\nFund will be conducted by such authority as may be prescribed. \r\n6. Constitution and powers of the Boards of Management .– (1) As soon as \r\nmay be, Government shall, in such manner as may be prescribed, constitute the \r\nfollowing Boards of Management, namely:– \r\n(a) the Provincial Boar d of Management \r\n4\r\n(Gazetted) \r\n5\r\n[which shall include \r\nat least one female officer in BS-19 or above]; \r\n(b) the Provincial Board of Management \r\n6\r\n(Non-Gazetted) \r\n7\r\n[which shall \r\ninclude at least thirty three percent women]; \r\n8\r\n[*] \r\n(c) a \r\n1\r\n[District] Board of Management\r\n2\r\n for each \r\n3\r\n[District] \r\n4\r\n[which shall \r\ninclude at least thirty three percent women] \r\n5\r\n[; and] \r\n \r\n1Substituted for the word “made” by the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 \r\n(XIII of 1962), published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated April 26, 1962, pp. 1741-1742, s. 4. \r\n2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 197 4, (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.08.1973), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2 read with Schedule, \r\nPart III, Serial No. 37. \r\n3Deleted the words “and the Comptroller, Northern and Southern Areas” b y the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of \r\n1974) (w.e.f. 14.08.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, \r\nArticle 2 read with Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 37. \r\n4See Gazette of West Pakistan, 1961 (Extraordinary), p. 1475. \r\n5Inserted by the Punjab Fair Representation of Women Act 2014 (IV of 2014), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated March 12, 2014, pp. 2733-2744, s. 2 read with Schedule, Serial No. 3. \r\n6Provincial Board of Management (Non-Gazetted) was constituted vide Notification No. E&A(S&GAD)-BF(2)/61, dated May 31, \r\n1961, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated May 31, 1961, p. 1429. \r\n7Inserted by the Punjab Fair Representation of Women Act 2014 (I V of 2014), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated March 12, 2014, pp. 2733-2744, s. 2 read with Schedule, Serial No. 3. \r\n8Omitted the word “and” by the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1969 (XXIII of \r\n1969), published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated September 25, 1969, pp. 1537-1538, s. 2(a)(i). \r\n6\r\n[(d) the Secretariat Board of Management \r\n7\r\n[which shall include at least one \r\nfemale officer in BS-19 or above].] \r\n (2) Subject to such directions as may be issued by Government and such \r\nrules as may be made in this behalf– \r\n(a) the Provincial Board of Management (Gazetted) shall be responsible \r\nfor management of part I of the Fund and shall have the powers to \r\ninvest moneys credited to that part of the Fund and to incur \r\nexpenditure therefrom; \r\n(b) the Provincial Board of Management (Non -Gazetted) shall be \r\nresponsible for management of part II of the Fund and shall have the \r\npowers to invest moneys credited to that part of the Fund and to make \r\nallocations therefrom to the \r\n8\r\n[District] Boards of Management; \r\n9\r\n[*] \r\n(c) a \r\n10\r\n[District] Board of Management shall, subject to such directions as \r\nmay be issued by the Provincial Board of Management (Non -\r\nGazetted), deal with all matters connected with part II of the Fund \r\n11\r\n[, \r\nexcept in so far as it concerns non -gazetted servants serving or \r\nemployed in the \r\n12\r\n[Punjab Secretariat]] and in particular shall have the \r\npower to sanction expenditure from the allocations made to it by that \r\nBoard \r\n13\r\n[; and] \r\n14\r\n[(d) the Secretariat Board of Management shall, s ubject to such directions \r\nas may be issued by the Provincial Board of Management (non -\r\n \r\n1Substituted for the word “Divisional” by the Punjab Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance , 2001 \r\n(XXI of 2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 2, 2001, pp. 1703-1704, s. 2(i). \r\n2Constituted vide Notification No. E&A(S&GAD) -BF(4)/61, dated July 27, 1961, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated July 29, 1961, pp. 1839-1840. \r\n3Substituted for the word “Division” by the Punjab Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XXI \r\nof 2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 2, 2001, pp. 1703-1704, s. 2(i). \r\n4Inserted by the Punjab Fair Representation of Women Act 2014 (IV of 2014), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated March 12, 2014, pp. 2733-2744, s. 2 read with Schedule, Serial No. 3. \r\n5Replaced for full stop and added by the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1969 \r\n(XXIII of 196 9), published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated September 25, 1969, pp. 1537-1538, s. \r\n2(a)(ii). \r\n6Added by the Ordinance, s. 2(a)(iii). \r\n7Inserted by the Punjab Fair Representation of Women Act 2014 (IV of 2014), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated March 12, 2014, pp. 2733-2744, s. 2 read with Schedule, Serial No. 3. \r\n8Substituted for the word “Divisional” by the Punjab Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 \r\n(XXI of 2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 2, 2001, pp. 1703-1704, s. 2(ii). \r\n9Omitted the word “and” by the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1969 (XXIII of \r\n1969), published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated September 25, 1969, pp. 1537-1538, s. 2(b)(i). \r\n10Substituted for the word “Divisional” by the Punjab Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance , 2001 \r\n(XXI of 2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 2, 2001, pp. 1703-1704, s. 2(iii). \r\n11Inserted by the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance , 1969 (XXIII of 196 9), \r\npublished in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated September 25, 1969, pp. 1537-1538, s. 2(b)(ii). \r\n12Substituted for the words “West Pakistan Secretariat” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. \r\n14.08.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2 read \r\nwith Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 37. \r\n13Replaced for full stop and added by the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance , \r\n1969 (XXIII of 1969), published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated September 25, 1969, pp. 1537-1538, s. \r\n2(b)(ii). \r\n14Added by the Ordinance, s. 2(b)(iii). \r\ngazetted), deal with Part II of the Fund in so far as it concerns the non -\r\ngazetted Government servants serving or employed in the \r\n1\r\n[Punjab \r\nSecretariat], and in particular shall have the power to sanction \r\nexpenditure from the allocations made to it by that Board.] \r\n2\r\n[6-A. Power to recover rents and lease -moneys as arrears of land revenue .– \r\nAny sum due as rent or lease -money in respect of property acquired or constructed \r\nby a Board of Management constituted under section 6 and the management \r\nwhereof vests in any such Board, if not paid within thirty days of its having become \r\ndue, may, notwithstanding anything contained in any law, decree or order of any \r\nCourt, agreement, deed or instrument, be recovered as arrears of land-revenue.] \r\n3\r\n[6-B. Protection of action taken under this Ordinance .– No suit, prosecution or \r\nother legal proceedings shall be instituted against a Board of Management \r\nconstituted under section 6 or against any officer or servant of such Board for \r\nanything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Ordinance or \r\nthe rules made thereunder.] \r\n7. Power to make rules .– Government may make rules\r\n4\r\n for bringing into effect \r\nthe provisions of this Ordinance. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Substituted for the words “West Pakistan Secretariat” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. \r\n14.08.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2 read \r\nwith Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 37. \r\n2Inserted by the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1965 (XIV of 1965), \r\npublished in Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 5, 1965, pp. 2521-2522, s. 2. \r\n3Inserted by the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1965 (XIV of 1965), \r\npublished in Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 5, 1965, pp. 2521-2522, s. 2. \r\n4For the West Pakistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund Rules, 1960, see Gazette of West Pakistan, 1960 \r\n(Extraordinary), pp. 4513-4516. 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