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Employees' Provident Fund Act (No. 15 of 1958) - Sect 46

Regulations

46.
(1) The Minister may make regulations-
(a) in respect of all matters which are stated or required by this Act to be prescribed;
(b) in respect of all matters for which regulations are required or authorized to be made by this Act;
(c) in respect of all matters connected with or incidental to the collection of contributions and other payments under this Act;
(d) in respect of the refund of any sums paid in error to the Fund;
(e) in respect of the evidence required in support of a declaration by a member of the Fund that he is leaving Ceylon and does not intend to return thereto;
(f) for enabling a person to be appointed to exercise, on behalf of a claimant to a benefit who is a child or who may be unable for the time being to act, any right which the claimant may be entitled to exercise under this Act, and for authorizing a person so appointed to receive and deal with a benefit to which a claimant is entitled;
(g) in respect of the nomination by a member of the Fund of a person or persons to whom the amount standing to the credit of that member's individual account in the Fund may be paid in the event of that member's death and the manner of revocation of such nomination;
(h) in respect of the manner in which and the time within which appeals to the Tribunal constituted under this Act shall be made;
(i) in respect of the fees to be paid for appeals to such Tribunal;
(j) in respect of the procedure to be followed and the powers exercisable by such Tribunal;
(k) in respect of the circumstances in which costs may be awarded by such Tribunal against any party to an appeal made to the Tribunal and the manner of recovery of such costs;
(l) to provide for matters arising-
(i) pending the determination under this Act (whether in the first instance or on appeal) of any claim to a benefit or of any question affecting any person's right to a benefit or any person's liability for contributions to the Fund, or
(ii) out of the revision on appeal of any decision of any such claim or question;
(m) for the suspension of the grant of a benefit pending the review by the Commissioner of the determination upon the claim to that benefit;
(n) as to the date from which any decision on a review or an appeal under this Act is to have effect or to be deemed to have effect;
(o) for treating any sum paid to any person under a determination made under this Act or by virtue of any provision of any regulation, which it is subsequently decided was not payable, as properly paid, or for the repayment by him and for the recovery from him of that sum;
(p) the payment of allowances to officers and servants employed in carrying out the provisions of this Act and the method of computing such allowances; and
(q) in respect of all matters necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act or giving effect to the principles thereof.
(2) No regulation made by the Minister shall have effect until it is approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives and notification of such approval is published in the Gazette.


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