Every building worker, who has completed eighteen years of age, but has not completed sixty years of age and who is not a member of any other Welfare Fund established under any law for the time being in force and who has completed a period of ninety days of service in the State of Punjab as a building worker as provided under these rules in the year immediately preceding, shall be eligible for membership to the Fund.
(2) A certificate to prove age, containing the following documents, shall also be submitted alongwith the application,—
(i) school’s record; or
(ii) certificate from the Registrar of Births and Deaths; or
(iii) in the absence of the above certificates, a certificate from a Medical Officer of the Government of the State of Punjab.
(3) A certificate from the employer or the contractor in Form-XXVII that the applicant is a building worker as per provisions of these rules, shall also be produced alongwith the application for registration. In case, such a certificate is not available, a certificate issued by the Labour Inspector after proper verification and duly countersigned by the Assistant Labour Commissioner or Labour-cum- Conciliation Officer of the concerned area, shall also be considered.
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(4) Every building worker eligible to become a beneficiary to the Fund, shall submit an application in Form No. XXVIII to such officer as may be authorised in this behalf by the Board. Every such application shall be accompanied by the documents mentioned in this rule alongwith registration fee of rupees twenty-five.
(5) Where the officer referred to in sub-rule (4), is satisfied that the applicant fulfils all the conditions for becoming a beneficiary, such building worker shall be registered as a member.
(6) If a building worker is refused registration under sub-rule (5), he may within a period of sixty days, file an appeal to the Board against the order of rejection. The decisions of the Board on appeal shall be final.
(7) A building worker after becoming a beneficiary, shall also file a nomination in Form No. XXIX. The nomination shall have to be got revised in the name of the spouse after marriage of the beneficiary or on the happening of any legal change in the status of the family.
(8) The officer referred to in sub-rule (4), shall issue to every beneficiary an identity card with a photo of the beneficiary, affixed on Form No. XXX, and maintain a register of identity cards, so issued in Form No. XXXI.