(1) Every building worker who has completed 18 years of age but has not completed 60 years of age and who has completed 90 days of service as a building worker in the year immediately preceding shall be eligible for membership in the Fund.
(2) A Certificate to prove age as specified below shall also be submitted along with the application:
(i) School records.
(ii) Certificate from the Registrar of Births and Deaths.
(iii) In the absence of the above certificates a certificate from a Medical Officer not below the rank of an Assistant Civil surgeon or Assistant Chief Medical Officer in Government Service.
(3) Certificate from the employer or Contractor that the applicant is a construction worker shall be produced along with the application for registration. In case such a certificate is not available a certificate issued by the registered Construction Workers Unions or a Certificate issued by Assistant Labour Commissioner/Dy. Labour Commissioner of the concerned area may also be considered.
(4) Every building worker eligible to become a beneficiary to the Fund shall submit an application in Form No. XXVII to the Secretary or to an officer authorized by him in this behalf. Every such application shall be accompanied by the documents mentioned in this rule and a registration fee of Rs.10 (Rupees Ten) [Rs. 25 (Twenty Five) substituted by Rs. 10 (Ten) by Amendment of 2011] in the manner as specified by the Board.
(5) Where the Secretary or an officer authorized by him, is satisfied that the applicant fulfils the conditions, such building worker shall be registered as a member.
(6) Any person may within thirty days, file an appeal to the Board against the decision taken under sub-rule (5) and the decision of the Board thereon shall be final.
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(7) The Building worker shall also file a nomination in Form No. XXVIII. The nomination shall stand revised in the name of the spouse on his acquiring a family or on the happening of any legal change in the status of the family.
(8) The Secretary or other officer authorized by him in this behalf shall issue to every beneficiary an identity card with a photo of the beneficiary affixed in Form No. XXXI and maintain a register of identity cards so issued in Form No. XXXII.