(1) A nomination shall be in Form F and sub mitted in duplicate by personal service by the C'mployec , after taking proper receipt or by sending through registered post with acknow ledgement after taking proper receipt or by sending due to the employer,- (i ) in the case of an employee who is already in employment for a year or more on the date of commencement of these rules, ordinarily, within ninety days from such date, and
(ii) in the case of an employee who com pletes one year of service after the dale 3 of commencement of these rules, ordi narily, within thirty days of the comple tion of one year of service :
Provided that nomination in Form 'F' shall be accepted by the employer after the specified period, if field with reasonable grounds for delay, and no nomina tion so accepted shall be invalid merely because it was field after the specified p'eriod.
(2) Within thirty days o'f the receipt of a nomina tion in Form 'F' under Sub-rule (1), the em ployer shall gel the service particulars of the employee, as mentioned in the form of nomina tion, varified with reference to the records of the establishment and return lo the employee, after obtaining a receipt thereof, the duplicate copy of the nomination in Form 'F' duly attested either by the employer or an officer authorised in this behalf by him, as a token of recording of the nomination by the employer and the other copy of the nomination shall be recorded.
(3) An employee who has no family at the time of making a nomination shall, within ninety clays of acquiring a family submit in the manner specified in Sub-rule (1). a fresh nomination, as required under Sub-section (4) of section 6, in duplicate in Form 'G' to the employer, and thereafter the provisions of Sub-rule (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis as if it was made under Sub-rule (I).
(4) A notice of modification of a nomination including cases where a nominee predeceases an employee, shall be submitted in duplicate in Form 'H' to the · employer in the manner specified in sub-rule (1), and thereafter the provisions of sub-rule (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis as if it was made under sub-rule (1).
(5) A nomination or a fresh nomination or a notice of modification of nomination shall be signed by the employee or, if illiterate, shall bear his thumb impression, in the presence of two wit nesses, who shall also sign a declaration to that effect in the nomination, fresh nomination or notice of modification of nomination, as the case may be.
(6) A nomination, fresh nomination or notice of modification of nomination shall take eiT ect from the date of receipt thereof by the em ployer.
• Application for gratuity.