(1) A subscriber shall subscribe monthly to the Fund except during the period when he is under suspension.
Provided that a subscriber, may, at his option, not subscribe during leave which either does not carry any leave salary or carries leave salary equal to or less than half pay or half average pay.
Provided further that a subscriber on reinstatement after a period passed under suspension shall be allowed the option of paying in one sum, or in installments, any sum not exceeding the maximum amount of arrear subscriptions permissible for that period.
(2) The subscriber shall intimate his election not to subscribe during the leave, referred to in the first proviso to sub-rule (1) in the following manner.-
(a) if he is an officer who draws his own pay bills, by making no reduction on account of subscription in his first pay bill drawn after proceeding on leave;
(b) if he is not an officer who draws his own pay bills, by written communication to the head of his office before he proceeds on leave.
Failure to make due and timely intimation shall be deemed to constitute an election to subscribe.
(3) The option of a subscriber intimated under this sub-rule shall be final.
(4) A subscriber who has, under Rule 19, withdrawn the amount standing to his credit in the Fund shall not subscribe to the Fund after such withdrawal unless and until he returns to duty.
(5) When a subscriber is transferred to foreign service or sent deputation within India or out of India, he shall remain subject to the rules of the Fund in same manner as if he were not so transferred or sent on deputation.
(6) If any subscriber who is transferred from one establishment to an other establishment within the State he shall continue to subscribe to the same General Provident Fund account number.
(7) The recovery towards subscriptions to the Fund shall be stopped six months prior to the date of retirement of the subscriber.