West Pakistan Railway Servants Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1969

From: 1969-07-30 - To: 0000-00-00 An Ordinance to establish a Welfare Fund for the relief and security of Railway servants and their families Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient to establish a Welfare Fund for the relief and security of Railway servants and their families, in the manner hereinafter appearing ; NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Martial Law Proclamation of 25th March, 1969, read with the Provisional Constitution Order, the Martial Law Administrator, Zone ‘A’, in exercise of the powers of the Governor of West Pakistan conferred on him by the Chief Martial Law Administrator, is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:- 1. Short title, application and commencement.- [2][(1) This Ordinance may be called the Pakistan Railway Servants’ Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1969.] (2) It shall apply to all Railway servants as hereinafter defined, provided that the Railway Board may, by notification in the official Gazette, exempt any class of Railway servants from the operation of this Ordinance. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Railway Board may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf. 2. Definitions.- In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them— (a) “family” in relation to a Railway servant means his or her— (i) wife or wives or husband, as the case may be; (ii) legitimate children and step children less than twelve years old; (iii) legitimate children and step children not less than twelve years old, if residing with and wholly dependent upon him or her; and (iv) parents, sisters and minor brothers, if residing with and wholly dependent upon him or her; [3][(b) * * * * * * * * * * * *] (c) “Government” means the [4][Federal Government]; [5][(d) * * * * * * * * * * * *] (e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; (f) “Railway Board” means the [6][* * *] Pakistan Railway Board constituted under the Transfer of Railways Order, 1962 (P.O. No.33 of 1962); [7][(g) “Railway servant” means a person employed in connection with the affairs of, or holding any post in the Pakistan Railways who…