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Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952

Sections	Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952

	Notification

	CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY
1.	Short title and application
2.	Definitions

	CHAPTER II: BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES
3.	Election of certain members of the Executive Committee
4.	Regional Committee
5.	Terms of office
6.	Resignation
7.	Cessation and restoration of trusteeship
8.	Disqualifications for trusteeship or membership of Regional Committee
9.	Removal from trusteeship or membership of a Regional Committee
10.	Absence from India
11.	Meetings
12.	Monthly member's pension
13.	Chairman to preside at meetings
14.	Quorum
14A.	Nomination of a substitute during the absence of a trustee/member of the Central Board/Regional Committee
15.	Disposal of business
16.	Minutes of meetings
17.	Acts of a Regional Committee not invalid by reason merely of any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution, etc.
18.	Fees and allowances

	CHAPTER III: APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF COMMISSIONER AND OTHER STAFF OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES
19.	Central Provident Fund Commissioner and Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer
20.	Omitted
21.	Opening of regional and other offices
22.	Secretary of the Central Board or a Regional Committee
22A.	Appointment of officers and employees of the Central Board
23.	Information of appointments to the Central Board
24.	Administrative and financial powers of a Commissioner
24A.	Delegation of power by the Central Board
25.	Powers of the Central Government until the Central Board is constituted

	CHAPTER IV: MEMBERSHIP OF THE FUND
26.	Classes of employees entitled and required to join the fund
26A.	Retention of membership
26B.	Resolution of doubts
27.	Exemption of an employee
27A.	Exemption of a class of employees
27AA.	Terms and conditions of exemption
28.	Transfer of accumulations from existing Provident Funds

	CHAPTER V: CONTRIBUTIONS
29.	Contribution
30.	Payment of contributions
31.	Employer’s share not to be deducted from the members
32.	Recovery of a member’s share of contribution
32A.	Recovery of damages for default in payment of any contribution
32B.	Terms and conditions for reduction or waiver of damages

	CHAPTER VI: DECLARATION, CONTRIBUTION CARDS AND RETURNS
33.	Declaration by persons already employed at the time of institution of the Fund
34.	Declaration by persons taking up employment after the Fund has been established
35.	Preparation of contribution cards
36.	Duties of employers
36A.	Employer to furnish particulars of ownership
36B.	Duties of contractors
37.	Allotment of Account Numbers
38.	Mode of payment of contributions
39.	Fixation of administrative charges
40.	Contributions to be entered in the contribution card
40A.	Supply of pass books to the members
41.	Currency of contribution cards
42.	Renewal of contribution cards
43.	Submission of contribution cards to the Commissioner
44.	Custody of contribution cards
45.	Inspection of cards by members
46.	Production of cards and records for inspection by the Commissioner or Inspector
47.	Supply of cards and Forms to employers
48.	Current Account

	CHAPTER VII: ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUND, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
49.	Administration Accounts
50.	Provident Fund Account
51.	Interest Suspense Account
52.	Investment of moneys belonging to Employees’ Provident Fund
53.	Disposal of the Fund
54.	Expenses of Administration
55.	Form and manner of maintenance of accounts
56.	Audit
57.	Inter-State transfer of members
58.	Budget
59.	Member’s accounts
60.	Interest

	CHAPTER VIII: NOMINATIONS, PAYMENTS AND WITHDRAWALS FROM THE FUND
61.	Nomination
62.	Financing of Members’ Life Insurance Policies
63.	Conversion of policy into a paid-up one and payment of late fee, etc.
64.	Assignment of policies to the Fund
65.	Bonus on policy to be adjusted against payments made from the Fund
66.	Reassignment of policies

Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952

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