CHAPTER II

ORGANISATION

3. Establishment and incorporation of Employees’ Social Security Institution.— (1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Ordinance, Government shall establish by notification an institution to be called the Employees’ Social Security Institution.

(2) The Institution shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and shall by the aforesaid name sue and be sued.

(3) The institution shall have its own fund, to be called the Employees’ Social Security Fund, and may incur out of the said Fund such expenditure as may be necessary.

4. Management.— (1) The general direction and superintendence of the affairs of the institution shall vest in a Governing Body which, with the assistance of a Commissioner, may exercise all powers and do all acts and things which may be exercised or done by the Institution.

(2) In discharging its functions, the institution shall be guided by such instructions on questions of policy as may be given to it from time to time by Government, which shall be the sole judge as to whether any instructions are on a question of policy or not.

5. Governing Body.— (1) The Governing Body shall consist of the following members to be appointed by Government, by notification, namely:-

[(a) the Minister-in-charge of the Labour Department, Government of the Punjab, a person who is or has been a Judge of the High Court, a senior officer in the service of Pakistan not below the rank of a Commissioner of a Division or Secretary to Government, and such person shall be the Chairman of the Governing Body];

(b) four persons to represent Government, one each respectively from the departments of Labour, Industries, Health and Finance;

(c) three persons to represent employers;

(d) three persons to represent secured persons;

(e) [the Commissioner and the Medical Adviser, ex-officio].

(2) Members to be appointed under clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (1) shall respectively be chosen from a list of names submitted in the prescribed manner by the organisations of employers and employees recognised by Government for that purpose:

Provided that pending the making of rules in this behalf, the first members to be so appointed shall be chosen from such persons as Government may deem suitable.

(3) Subject to the other provisions of this Ordinance a member shall hold office for three years from the date on which his appointment is notified under sub-section (1).