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section 46A

Provident Fund

The Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947
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  1. (1) The State Government shall establish a provident fund (hereinafter called the said fund) for the staff maintained by Zilla Parishads for the purposes of this Act. (1A) The rates of subscriptions and contributions and other conditions of the provident funds established by the State Government under this section shall be such as may be prescribed.
  2. (2) Any provident fund established and maintained by a district school board for such staff before the date of the coming into force of the Bombay Primary Education and Housing Board (Amendment) Act, 1951, shall be merged into and form part of the said fund and the district school board concerned shall as soon as may be after the said date transfer from its primary education fund to the said fund a sum equal to the total amount standing to the credit of all the subscribers or depositors in the provident fund till the date of such transfer: Provided that in the event of any doubt arising as to the amount to be so transferred by any district school board from its primary education fund to the said fund, the matter shall be referred to the State Government or any officer authorised by it in this behalf, whose decision shall be final.
  3. (3) The Zilla Parishad concerned shall, in respect of each of its employees who is a subscriber to the said fund, pay into the said fund such portion of the contribution in such manner as the State Government may, from time to time, determine.
  4. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections
  5. (1) and (3), the State Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, direct that the said fund shall be merged into and form part of such other provident fund established for the staff maintained by a Zilla Parishad in connection with the administration of primary education as may be specified in the order; and thereupon the Zilla Parishad shall transfer from the said fund to the other provident fund a sum equal to the total amount standing to the credit of the subscribers or depositors in said fund till the date of such transfer.

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