whose conditions of service are governed by the rules issued by the Governor,

shall join the Fund:

Provided that any Government servant who has insured his life in the
State Life Insurance (Official Branch) will not be required to join the Fund if he
so desires and if the monthly premium of Insurance does not fall below the
minimum rate of subscription for the General Provident Fund (Kerala) prescribed
by Government from time to time.
Provided also that if the monthly premium in respect of the State Life
Insurance (Official Branch) taken by a Government servant falls below the
minimum rate of monthly subscription to the General Provident Fund (Kerala)
prescribed by the Government from time to time, he will be required to join the
General Provident Fund (Kerala) also and the monthly subscription to the
General Provident Fund (Kerala) and the monthly premium to the State Life
Insurance (Official Branch) together shall not fall below the minimum rate of
Provident Fund subscription prescribed by Government from time to time.
(G.O (P) 619/71/Fin dated 11.10.1971)

a) All full members of any pensionable service.

b) All Probationers in any service who will be made full members of the
service on due completion of their period of probation.
c) All temporary, acting and officiating members of any service, other than
re-employed pensioners, on completion of one year’s continuous service.
d) Part time contingent employees (KPTCEPF)
e) An officer not coming under (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) above, but who has
been duly admitted to membership under rules or orders heretofore in
force.
NOTE: Temporary, acting and officiating members of any service (other than
re-employed pensioners and those provisionally appointed initially) who have not
completed one year’s continuous service may also be admitted to the Fund if they
apply for it in writing.
(G.O (P) 198/66 Fin., dated 11.5.1966)
Provided that a temporary Government Servant who is borne on an
establishment to which the Provisions of Provident Funds Scheme, 1952 framed
under the Employees, Provident Funds and Family Pension Fund Act, 1952 (19
of 1952), would have applied but for the exemption granted under section 17 of

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