Karnataka General Provident Funds Rules, 2016

No: -- Dated: Mar, 25 2017

Karnataka General Provident Funds Rules, 2016

1. Title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Karnataka General Provident Funds Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.- (1) In these rules unless the context otherwise requires.-

(a) “Accounts Officers” means such Officer as may be appointed in this behalf by the Accountant General of Karnataka who maintains the accounts of the State and exercises audit functions in relation to those accounts on behalf of the Controller and Auditor General of India;

(b) “Average pay” means the amount equal to the mean between the minimum and maximum of Time of Scale of Pay of the post held by the subscriber.

(c) “Child” means a legitimate child and includes an adopted child, where adoption is recognized by the personal law governing the subscriber or a Ward under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (Central Act 8 of 1890), Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 or the Jevoline Justice care and Profession Act, 2000 who lives with the Government servant and is treated as a member of the family and to whom the Government servant has, through a special will, given the same status as that of a natural-born child;

(d) “Emolument” means pay, leave salary or subsistence grant except where otherwise expressly provided;