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West Bengal Act XXXIX

of

1983'

TH WEST BENGAL

NON-GOVERNhlENT

EDUCATIONAL

INSTITUTIONS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES CONTROL F

PROVIDENT FUND OF

EMPLO YEES) ACT, 1983.

r r

Acf

1 provide for eposit

of

b~larrce n

~ c c o o r ~

f

proviclenr

Jrrrd uJ cttrplo~c) ~es1 roa-Govert~ttrer~td~rcnriot~ul~tsri~rrrioristtd

local a~rtl~aril iesll

Wcsr

Ber~gal

t1

reaaity or~d

or

nlalters cu~r~rectc ~l

rl~erevirli

or itrcideritnl tlrerrlo.

WHEREAS

t

s

cxpedienl to provide

for

deposit

OF

balance on account

of provident f u n d

o f

cmployees of non-Governmenl

educat ional

instirulions and

ImnI authorities

i n West

Bengal

inTreasury, for adequate

measures

to control managcm cnt of

such fund and

for m nlrers connecled

therewith or incidental

thcrcro;

It

i s

hercby

enacted i n the Thiny-Fourth

year

of the Republic

o l

India, by the Legislature of

Wcst Bengal, as

follows:-

1.

1) This Act

may be

called the

West

Bengul Non-Govc mmen ~

Shon ~itlc.

Educalional Institutions and

LacalAu[horities

(Conlrol of Provident

Fund

~ ~ ~ ~ c n c c -

of Employees) Act,

1983.

mcnt

and

application.

(2) 11 cxtcnds LO

the

whole of

West

Bengal.

3) It shall come

i n t o

?lorcc on such date as the Srate Governmen[

may.

by

notification,

appo in t ;

and di f fcrzn~ ales may be appointed for

different non-Government

educalional ins t i tu t ions or

local aulhoriries.

4) It shalt apply ro all non-G overnment edu cational instirurions

and

local authorities except Ihc cducalional insliturions adminislered

by

religious or linguistic minorities or under any trust or not in rcce ip r of

any

financial aqsistance from the Sla te Government:

Provided rhar [he S l a ~ e overnment may, i F i t considers lit,

cxcrnpr

any

non-Governmen1 educational insti~ution r local authori y r ron~

hc

operation

o f

[his

Acl

for

such

period

as

it

may

think

necessary:

Provided further

chat any

non-Govcmment cducntional insrirurion

administered

by

religious

or

linguisric minorities

or undcr

any t ru s~

r

no1

in receipt of

any

financial assistince

from the State Govcmmcnr and

exempled

from the operat ion of th is Act may

apply to

the

Slate

Government for

being

governed

by

[he provisions of this Act

and

on

consideration or such zlpplicalion the

Stale Government

may

extcnd

by

notification thc provisions of this Act lo such institution.

'For Sbil~emcnror Objccls dnd Rcasons.

srr r l ~ c

~lcrrr~uO:CIIC,rrrrrodinnf~:

an

I V

or

Ihc 3rd Scprcrnkr. 1983 (Bill No. 39

or 1983);

for

p m c e d i n g or

the ~VLEIB c n p l

Lcgislativc Asscrnbly,

srr

thc

proceedings

or mccting

oC

thal

Assc~nbly

lcld on thc

12th

Scpltrnber,

1983.

h

ct

camc into

Iorcc

with crrcc

Tram Ihe 15th

March.

1984,

ride nolilicnrion

Nu.

325-Ex., da lc d ~ h c lsc March. 1984, publishcd

in thc

Culcrrf~uu:erfc,Ertmurdi,rar):

R n of he 291hh l m h ,

1984.

pagc 3

12.


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624

Tfic

1Vr.st

B ~ l l g o l

Not~-Goveni~~le t l r

~ l t r c a f i o ~ ~ a l

trsritrrtiu~is 11d ocrrl

Arrtlrorities

Co~i t tn l

f

P i v ~ i r l e r r ~

~ l df D~rployccs)

cf

1983

[{Vcst

Ben Act

Dclin~~ions.

2.

In this Act, unlcss there is aoyrbing repugrtanl i n the subjecl or

context,-

1 ) "nppoinrcd day"

means

the day

appointed

under sub-seaion

3)

of

section

3;

2) "collcgc"

means a

college affiliated lo a Univcrsity;

(3) "crnployee" means.-

a)

)in

relation lo a non-Governm cnl educational inslirulion.

any

person

employed by such institution on whok-limc

basis,

and

includcs a rcacher or

a

member of non-

teaching s afT, and

b) in rclalion to

u

local authorily,

any

pcrson employed

by such

local authority an whole-rimc basis;

(4)

"Librarian" mcans Librarian, Depuly Librarian. Assistant

Librarian or any other pcrson discliarging the funcdons of a

Librarian on whole-rime basis, by whatever name callcd,

appoin~ed y a non-Governrncnt educational instilulion;

5 )

" l o c a l a u t h o r i t y " m c a n s

a

M u n i c i p a l C o r p o r a r i o n ,

Municipaliry, or Town Comrniuee, b u ~ oes no1 include

a

notified arca au thor i~y r

a

Grfltlr Pu~tcltayar,Patrcllaynr

Srrl~ii~i

r

illn Pnrislrad;

(6) "n o n - G o v e r n m e n t e d u c a ~ i o n a l ns t i tu t ion" means nn

educalional insliturion not rnnintaincd

or

managed by [be

Slare Govcrnmenl, and includes-

(i) a Univcrsity,

(ii) a non-Gove rnment college, Highcr Seco ndary Scho ol

recognised as such under the Wcst Bengal Council of

Higher Secondary Education Acr,

1975,

Secondary

school recognised a s

such

under

the\Vesr

Bengal

Board

of Secondary

Education

Acl, 1963,

prirnury

scliool

managcd by a District School Board constituied, or

recognised

as a

primary school, undcr

the

Bengal

(Rural) Primary Education Acr, 1930,

or

recognised or

deemed to be recognised as a primary school under rhc

West

Bengal Primary Educalion Act,

1973,

or

i i i )

any

other inslimtion, by whatever namecalled, afil iale d

lo

a Universi~y r recognised under any ennclmcnr Ibr

[he

time being in forcc,

in

which

inslruction is providcd'

for

courses of study in Arts. Science,

Commcrce

or

Teachers' Twining or in which instruclion

is

given

i n

primary

education

as

defined i n clause 14)

of

scclion 2 O the Betlgal

(Rural) Primary Educalion Act, 1930 or clause

(xvi i ) ofsec~ ion

of

the

West Bengal

Primary

Wucatian Acr,

1973;

iX'cs1

Den.

ACI

VIlI of

1475.

Wcsl Ben.

Act V

nf

1963.

Bcn. AclVII

or 1930.


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XXXIX or 1983.1

(7) "non-leaching srafT'

means

the non-leaching staff, not

holding

any

tcaching post, appoinkd

by a

non-Governmen[

cducalional insritulion

on

whole-lime basis, and includes

a

Librarian;

(8) "notificalion" means a noti Fication pu blished i n the ficial

G a z e t ~ e ;

(9)

"prescribed" means

prescribed

by

rules

made under

lhis Act;

I

0) "teacher" means

a

Professor, Reader, Principal, Leclurzr,

Demon slralor, Tulor or any other person holding

a

teaching

post , by whatever name ca l l ed , appo in rcd

by a

non-

Government educnlional instilution on whole-lime bslsis;

1

1) "Trcilsury" means a T r c ~ w r y r the Slate Government, and

includcs a Sub-Treasury;

(12) "Univcrsily"

means

thc Un ivcrsi ty constitu ted under

i ) the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Mswavidyalityn

ACI,

1974,

or

(ii)

thc

Calcurta Univcrsily Act.

1979

or

(ii i) h e Vidyasagar University Acr; 198 1, or

(iv) lhc Burdwan Univcrsity Act, 1981. or

(v) lhc

Jndavpur

Univcrsity Act, 1981, or

(vi)

[he

North Bengal University Act, 1981, or

(vii) the Rabin dra-B harati Acr, 1981,

or

(viii) the Kalyani University Acr,

198 .

All slanding

3. (1) All balances in the povidenl fund on

rhe slppoin~cd

ay hcld

balanccs in

providcnl

in cash or i n time deposits, Government securirics, savings, ccr tilicn~e s,

rund

lo

bank accounu, posral savings accounrs, debenrurcs or in any othcr form

I nnsremd lo

T ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,

f financial insm me nl shall be lransferred 10 [he Srare Govcrnrnent in

such manner as may be prescribed:

IVCSI

D c ~ i .

Acr XLIX

oC 1974.

\UsI

Btn

Ac1

xxxvl11

of 1979.

\ f i s t Ucn.

ACI

XVlll or

1981.

Wcsr. Bcn.

ACI XXIIl or

1981.

\VCSI.

Bcn.

ACI XXIV or

1981.

\Vesl,

Ben.

Acl xxv r

1981.

\Vcst.Bcn.

Acl

X X X V l

of 1981.

~ V W I . cn.

A C ~

L

or

1981.

Provided rhal rhc porrion

or

porlions

of

the provident fund invested

in

time

deposits, debentures, Government securj ties, savings cerlificates

or in any other form of financial inslrument shall be endorsed ro

the

Stale

Government

or 10 any agenl appoinled by thc Sralc G overnmen1 in

this

behalf in such manner as may be prcscribcd.


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I

[Wesl

Ben. Act

(2)

On

and

from the appointed

day

no non-Governmenl educalionnl

inslitution or local authority shall dzpo sil any position of the balance of

provident rund o r accruals rl~ere ra n any postal savings account, bank

account or

any

olher agency exccpl hc Treasury.

3) Notwithstanding anything to the conr nry conlaincd in any orher

law for ~ h cime being in rorce,

any

sum

receivcd

by

a

non-Governmen

educational instilulion

or

a

locat aurliority on account

of

provident fund

o i rs cmployecs

by

way of ~n on thly ubscriplion to he provident fund.

repayment o f advance from [ l ie providen~

und taken

by any such

ernploycc or intcrcsl on balan ces in the providcnt rund shall, \villi effecl

from

such

dalc S

[he

Stale Governmen1 may by notihcarion appoint,

be

deposircd in n Treasury in such manner as may bc prcscribcd.

(4)

WhiIc transicrring lhc provident fund balanccs lo the Siate

Government undrr sub-scclion I ) a non-Govcmmcnt educalional

insrirurion or local aurhorily, as the case

may

be,

shall

rurnish to [he

Srate Governmcnr, a statement showing [he total amounl s~anding t the

credii oi each

cmployce

subscribing to the rcspccrive providenl

fund

indicating thcrcin thc cmploycc's porrion a n d rhc cmployer's portion of

conlribulions, thc nrnounl

O

w i t h d r a w

I

o ur st an di ng ag ai n s ~ach

employee

and

such othcr particulars

as

nay be

prescribed.

4.

(1) On and from the

appointed

day payments on accounr or

wirhdrawal

by

a subscriber shnll be madc oui

of

the balances in thc

provident fund referred lo

io

sub-section

1 )

of section 3.

The

proccdurc

for withdrawal by a subscriber shall

be

such as

may

be prcscribcd:

Provided thar Ihc cxislins procedure

for

wirhdmwal

by

a subscriber

from

his providcnt fund account shall conrinuc until the procedure as

aforesaid is prcscribcd.

5 The powers

exercised

or

Ihc functions

performed

by any non-

Governnlenr educational insritulion

or

local aurhorily undcr any law for

thc lime being i n force shall continue to be so exercised or perrormed

and the procedure for the

management

w d operation of providcnt rund

(including withdrawals therefrom by thc subscribers) and rnainlcnance

of accounts thereof shall conrinuc:

Provided thal the arnounr ro be dep~s i red n or wirhdrawn from [be

providcnt fund shall bc deposited i n or withdrawn from the Treasury

through cliallans or bills to be drawn by the institu~ion r the aulhority

as

aforesaid.

6. Th c subscriber ro ~ h crovidcnt rund

st ldl

be

enlitlcd

to

in~eresr

on thr balancc in his providcnl fund account at the same ratc at which

a

Slate

Govcrnmcnl employee subscribing to the West Bengal Services

Providcnl Fund is entitled on thc balance of his provident rund acco unr.

hynic111

on

account

of

w i l t ~ d r ~ w a l

by thc

su

bscri bcr.

Existing

mlcs

znd p m c -

durcs to

conlinuc,


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XXXIX of

1983.1

Non-

Govcrnmeni

7

I1

shall be (he d u l y o l every non-Governrnenr cducn~ional

cduc2t~on3~

instituiion or local authorily to ensure, while operating rhc providcnt

insli lulion r

Cund under its charge, the observance o l

he

provisions of his ACI, ailing

local

au~ho-

r i ~ y

oensurc

which

the

Slate Governnienl

may,

aficr giving [be institurion or

rllc

hcbscr-

authority, as the

case

may

be,

an opporlunily

of

making

n

representation,

vance or rhc

provisions

of

take

such action against i t as may appear lo llte S m e Governrilent LO be

llic

ACI.

proper and

appropriale.

Powcr

ID

15SUC

8. Thc Stale Governmcnt may,

from l ime LO tirnc, issue

such

dirrclions.

directions

as i t

may

consider necessary for im plementation of

the

provisions of this

Act

and for making the

rulcs

or prwedurcs regularing

the

provident fund of the employees

of

the

tale

Government applicable

lo rhc

en~ployees i

the non-Government educational instirulions

and

the local authorities, tt~rrratis muanrlis.

Po\vcr lo

makc

:clcs.

9.

(1) The

Slate

Government may make rules For carrying out r l ~ e

purposcs of

this Act.

(2)

I n

padcu la r ,

and

wilhoul

prejudice

to

rhc generaliry

or

the

foregoing power, such rulcs may provide for all or any of rhe matters

which

may be or

are

required to be prescribed or

made by rules.

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