Section 16
Amendment of section 59
of Employees Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 2016
Amendment ActIn forceProvision 16 of 24
Section 16
Section 59 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1a) If any person or member of the Fund has made an application for withdrawal for a particular purpose and charged with an offence under subsection (1) in relation to that application, the Board may not authorize another application for withdrawal by the person or member of the
Fund for the same purpose until the charge is disposed of in due course of law.”.