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The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 389] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1981/AGRAHAYANA 10, 1903

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MINISTRY OF LABOUR

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 30th November. 1981

G.S.R. 625(E).—In exercise of the powers

conferred

by

section 5 read with sub-section (1) of

section 7 of the

Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous

Provisions

Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), the Central Government

hereby

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1016 GI/81

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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

[PART It—SEC 3 (i)]

makes the following Scheme further to amend tho Employee"!'

Provident Rinds Scheme, 1952 namely :—

1. (1) This Scheme may be called the Employees' Provi-

dent Funds (Sixth Amendment) Scheme, 1981.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publica-

tion in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 1952 after

paragraph 68M, the following sub-paragraph shall be inner-.

ted namely :—

"68N :— Grant of advance to members who are physi-

cally handicapped :—

(1) A member, who is physically handicapped, may be

allowed a non-refundable advance from his account

in the Fund, for purchasing an equipment required

to minimise the hardship on account of handicap.

(2) No advance under sub-paragraph

O) shall be paid

unless the member produces a medical

certificate

from

a competent

medical practitioner

to the

satisfaction of

the Commissioner

or such other

officer as may be authorised by him in this behaff

to the effect that he ;'s physically handicapped.

(3) The amount advanced under this paragraph shall rot

exceed the

members'

basic wages

and dearn*ss

allowance for six months or

his own share of

contributions with interest thereon or tho cost of

tho equipment, whichever is the, least.

(4) No second advance under this paragraph shall be

allowed within a period of three

years from the

date of payment of an advance allowed under this

paragraph,"

Foot Note : Principal scheme published vide Notification No.

S.R.O. 1509 dated 2nd September, V)52,

Gazette of Indiu

1952.

[No. S. 70012|15|81-PF. II]

V. GOVINDRAJAN, Under Secy.

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