Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation Act, 2004

From: 2004-03-10 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to provide for the establishment of Housing Foundation for the Government servants. Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to establish the Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation in order to introduce a scheme for providing houses [2][or plots] on no profit no loss basis to Government servants [3][* * *] or to their families in case of death during service and to make provisions for matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto. It is hereby enacted as follows:- 1. Short title, extent, commencement and application.– (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation Act 2004. (2) It extends to the whole of the Province of the Punjab. (3) It shall come into force at once but shall take effect on such date as may be notified by the Government in the official Gazette. (4) It shall apply to all Government servants. 2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say– (a) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Foundation; (b) “family” in relation to a Government servant means his or her relations in the following order:- (i) wife, wives or husband, as the case may be; (ii) children, if residing with and wholly dependent upon him or her; (iii) parents, sisters and minor brothers, if residing with and wholly dependent upon him or her; (c) “Foundation” means the Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation established under this Act; (d) “fund” means the fund established under this Act; (e) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; (f) “Government servant” means a person holding a Government post and includes– (i) a person who is a member of a civil service of the Province of the Punjab; or (ii) a person who holds any civil post of any scale of pay from BS-1 to BS-22, in connection with the affairs of the Province; or (iii) a member of the Civil Service of Pakistan who, while serving under the Provincial Government, has opted to become a member of the Foundation and satisfies such other conditions as may be prescribed: Provided that such a…