(1) No scheme shall provide for,-
(a) insurance of a qualified employee for a sum exceeding two thousand and five hundred rupees ;
(b) a rate of contribution from each employer exceeding six rupees per employee per annum and a rate of contribution from each qualified employee exceeding six rupees per annum.
5. No employee shall be qualified for the benefit of the life insurance under the scheme unless on a qualifying date,-
(a) he is a full time employee;
(b) he has attained the age of 18 years but has not attained the age of 60 years;
Bom. LIX of 1949.
Guj. 34 of 1964.
Guj. VI of 1962.
4 of 1936 Bom. LXXIX of
1948.
Group insurance scheme.
Limitation on the schemes.
Qualifications of employees for benefit of life insurance.
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(c) he is in continuous service for a period of six months immediately before the said date.
Explanation I.-For the purposes of this section "a full time employee" means an employee who is engaged to work for such time as is not less than a normal working day within the meaning of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
Explanation II.-For the purposes of this section an employee who has not rendered uninterrupted service for six months, shall be deemed to be in continuous service, if he has been actually employed for not less than 120 days by an employer during the six months immediately preceding,
Explanation III.-For the purposes of this section a "qualifying date" means the 1st day of January of a year.