266. Membership.- Every building workers who has completed eighteen years of age but has not completed sixty years of age and who is not a member in any other welfare fund established under any law for the time being in force and who has completed ninety days of service as a building worker in the year immediately preceding shall be eligible for membership in the Fund. (2) A Certificate to prove age as specified below, shall also be submitted along with the application :- (i) School records. (ii) Certificate from the Registrar of Births and Deaths. (iii) In the absence of the above certificates, a certificate from a Medical Officer not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon in Government Service. (3) Certificate from the employer or contractor that the applicant is a construction worker shall be produced alongwith the application for registration. In case such a certificate is not available, a certificate issued by the registered construction workers unions or a certificate issued by Assistant Labour Commissioner of the concerned area or by the Executive Officer of the Panchayat may also be considered. (4) Every building worker eligible to become a beneficiary to the Fund shall submit an application in Form No.XXVII to the Secretary or to an officer authorised by him in this behalf. Every such application shall be accompanied by the documents mentioned in this rule and a registration fee of twenty five rupees. (5) Where the Secretary or an Officer authorised by him, is satisfied that the applicant fulfils the conditions, such building worker shall be registered as a member. (6) Any person may within thirty days, file an appeal to the Board against the decision taken under sub-rule (5) and the decision of the Board thereon shall be final. (7) The Building worker shall also file a nomination in Form No.XXVIII. The nomination shall stand revised in the name of the spouse on his acquiring a family or on the happening of any legal change in the status of the family. (8) The Secretary or other officer authorised by him in this behalf shall issue to every beneficiary an identity card with a photo of the beneficiary affixed in Form No.XXXII and maintain a register of identity cards so issued in Form No.XXXIII. | 
