PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PUNJAB
Bill No. 02 of 2024
THE PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2024
A
Bill
to amend the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974.
It is necessary to amend the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974 (VIII of 1974) for the
purposes hereinafter appearing.
Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows:
1. Short title and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab
Civil Servants (Amendment) Act 2023.
(2) This Act shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 2 of Act VIII of 1974.– In the Punjab Civil Servants
Act, 1974 (VIII of 1974), for brevity referred to as ‘the Act’, in section 2, in subsection
(1), after clause (b), the following shall be inserted:
“(b-a) “Defined Contribution Pension Scheme” means the pension scheme
stipulated under subsection (2) of section 18;”.
3. Amendment of section 12 of Act VIII of 1974.– In the Act, in section 12, in
subsection (1), for clause (i), the following shall be substituted:
“(i) on such date after he has completed twenty years of service
qualifying for pension or twenty years of service participating in
Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, as the case may be, or
other retirement benefits as the competent authority may, in
public interest, direct; or”.
4. Substitution of section 18 of Act VIII of 1974.– In the Act, for section 18,
the following shall be substituted:
“18. Pension and gratuity.– (1) On retirement from service, a civil
servant appointed before the commencement of Punjab Civil Servants
(Amendment) Ordinance 2023 shall be entitled to receive such pension
or gratuity as may be prescribed:
Provided that in the event of death of such civil servant, whether
before or after retirement, his family shall be entitled to receive such
pension, or gratuity, or both, as may be prescribed:
Provided further that no pension shall be admissible to such civil
servant in case he is dismissed or removed from service for reasons of
discipline but Government may sanction compassionate allowance to
such servant, not exceeding two-third of the pension or gratuity, which
would have been admissible to him if he had been by bodily or mental
infirmity incapacitated for further service on the date of such dismissal or
removal:
Provided further that if the determination of the amount of pension or
gratuity admissible to such civil servant is delayed beyond one month of
the date of his retirement or death, he or his family, as the case may be,
shall be paid provisionally such anticipatory pension or gratuity as may be
determined by the prescribed authority according to the length of service
of such civil servant which qualifies for pension or gratuity, and any
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overpayment consequent upon such provisional payment shall be
adjusted against the amount of pension or gratuity finally determined as
payable to such civil servant or his family.
(2) A person appointed or regularized, regardless of the effective
date of regularization in case of the latter, as civil servant on or after the
commencement of Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance 2023
shall participate in a Defined Contribution Pension Scheme as may be
prescribed:
Provided that in the Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, the
Government, as employer, and a civil servant, as employee, shall
contribute to pension account, and such contributions shall be invested in
a pension fund until retirement of the employee and the accumulated
balance in the pension account, at the time of retirement, is withdrawn or
invested further to generate monthly income during post retirement phase,
subject to exceptions as may be prescribed.”.
5. Repeal.– The Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance 2023 (I of 2024)
is hereby repealed.
MINISTER INCHARGE
Lahore: CH AMER HABIB
15 March 2024 Secretary
