NAME 1, The Fund shall be called The UMT Employees Provident Fund. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 2. In these Rules unless there is anything repugnant in the subject ot context: 4) ‘The “Fund” means the Provident Fund established through Deed of Trust and by/under these Rules. b) The “University” means University of Management and Technology (UMT) C-II, Johar Town, Lahore. ©) “Employee” means any employee in the regular and permanent service of the University but does not include those employed: i. on contract basis. ii, on seasonal and temporary basis. iii, as personal or domestic servant. d) “Member” means a person employed by the University as a permanent full time employee and who has signed a Declaration in Form A annexed to these regulations and admitted to Membership of the Fund in accordance with these Rules. ©) “The Trustees” mean the Trustees for the time being of the Fund acting in conformity swith these presents (rules). {) “Salary” includes dearness allowances, if the terms of employment so provide, but does not include other allowances and perquisites, if any. @) “Year” means the financial year of the Fund ending on the 30th day of June every year. h) Word importing the masculine gender includes the feminine gender. i) “Ordinance” means the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 as amended from time to time and the Rules there under. ESTABLISHMENT 3. 2) These Rules ate intended for the purpose of establishing the Fund as a “Recognized Provident Fund” within the meaning of Section 2(37) of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 and shall be deemed to have come into force and operation as from July 01, 2009. }) The Fund shall consist of contributions and of donations if any, received by the Trustees, ‘of accumulations thereof, and of profit (simple or compound), credited in respect of such contributions, donations, and accumulations, and of securities purchased therewith and of any capital gains arising from the sale, exchange or transfer of capital assets of the Fund and excluding all other sums. OBJECTS 4. The object of the Fund is to provide every Member with a sum of money, the amount of which will be ascertained according to these Rules, payable to him on the termination of his, service with the University ot retirement or his nominee(s) or legal representative(s) in case of we [eeunle. is )og ve ~ THE UMT EMP,OYEES PROVIDENT FUND RULES & REGULATIONS Page 1 of 12 wetMEMBERSHIP 5. All permanent full time employees of the University subject to their confirmation in accordance with the confirmation policy of the University shall become the Member of the Fund from the first day of the following month of their confirmation. ‘The University may, at its discretion in exceptional circumstances, request the Trustees to admit to Membership of the Fund persons who have not been in permanent full time employment of the University or not confirmed as per the confirmation policy of the University, and such persons shall then be so admitted. On commencement of the Membership the Employee shall sign a Declaration in Form A. Every Member on joining the Fund shall be entitled to receive a copy of these Rules. The Rules for the time being and from time to time in force shall be binding upon every Member on signing the said Declaration. Where the eligibility of any person of becoming member of the fund is doubtful, the decision of the University shall be final and binding on all the parties. Membership will cease only on the Member ceasing to be employed by the University or on ‘written consent of the Trustees for him to retire from the Fund, and the rights of the Ex- ‘Member shall thereupon be determined in accordance with these Rules. Any Member whose employment is terminated by the University or who retires from the Fund for whatever cause and who subsequently re-enters the employment of the University ‘or again becomes a Member of the Fund shall not be entitled to reckon his previous service with the University as service for the purpose of Membership of the Fund. MANAGEMENT 10. UL. 12, 13, 14, sipy | dol ‘The Fund shall be managed by the Trustees and such persons as the University may from time to time appoint for their assistance. ‘The Fund shall be vested in not less than two Trustees. ‘The University shall have power to appoint additional or substitute Trustee(s) and to remove at its discretion any of the Trustee(s) for the time being provided always that the Fund is not vested in less than two trustees. ‘The Trustees shall meet as and when required and at every meeting of the Trustees. The senior nominee of the Employees shall be chairman of the meeting or in his absence his attorney or Trustee nominated by him shall act as Chairman thereof. Three Trustees shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. Each Trustee shall have one vote. ‘The decision of the majority shall prevail. In case of equal division the Chairman shall have the casting vote. A Resolution of the Trustees may be passed by circular signed by three fourth or two of the trustees whichever is higher and all Resolutions so passed shall have the same effect as if passed at a meeting. Trustees shall be duty bound to see that the Rules of the Fund are being properly catried out. They shall keep proper books of account which shall not be removed from the office of the University except with the consent of the University and shall be solely responsible to the Members for the whole Fund. They shall invest surplus Fund in any of the forms of investment mentioned in Rule 31 of these Rules, make payments as and when required and ay do anything to implement the spirit and the term of the Rules of the fund for the Eas in force. ie oh Joy [v5 Q \ "THE UNT EMPLOYERY PROVIDENT FUND RULES & REGULATIONS Page 2of 12 wel‘They shall prepare Annual Accounts for audit purpose and make available particulars regarding individual accounts of Member to individual Member. The Audit must be completed with in one year from the closure of the respective Financial Year. ‘The Head of Human Resources Department of the University shall act as ex-officio Secretary of the fund and will be responsible for keeping the record of the decision of the Board of Trustees and accounts of the Trust. POWER OF TRUSTEES 15. The Fund shall be vested in Trustees under a Trust which shall not be revocable save with the consent of all beneficiaries of the Fund. Save as provided under these Rules the Trustees shall have the entire control over the management of the Fund and shall be vested with all powers, authorities and discretions necessary or expedient for that purpose in addition to any express powers conferred by the Deed ot these rules. They shall be competent to exercise all the powers vested in them by the Trust Deed ot by these Rules. ALTERATION OF RULES 16. The Trustees may from time to time, by writing at the request of the University but subject to the provisions of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 and with the previous approval in writing of the Commissioner of Income Tax or other competent authority for the time being having jurisdiction over the Fund, vary, modify, cancel, abrogate ot add to all ot any of these Rules and may make new Rules to the exclusion of or in addition to all or any of the Rules for the time being hereafter in force and the variations, modifications, cancellations, abrogations and additions and the new Rules so made and for the time being hereafter in force shall be deemed to be Rules in relation to the Provident Fund Scheme of the same validity as if they had been originally contained in these presents and shall be subject, in the like manner, to be varied, modified, cancelled, abrogated or added to, provided always that no such variation, modification, cancellation, abrogation, addition of new Rules shall be retrospective so as to affect the title of any Member to the Fund or any part assented to by a majority of the ‘Members present at a General Meeting of the Members to be convened by the Trustees for the purposes of ascettaining whether such assent is to be granted, CONTRIBUTIONS 17. a) Each Member shall contribute to the Fund monthly 5% (five percent) of his salary for the time being. Calculations are to be made to the nearest 10" of rupee. The University shall be entitled to deduct it as from the date of admission of each Member of the Fund before the payment of the salary. b) The University shall contribute every month an amount equal to the aggregate of monthly contributions of all the Members and pay such contribution to the Trustees. Bi liad tS ‘THE UMT EMPLOYEES P )VIDENT FUND RULES & REGULATIONS Paged of 2 quer