Social Security is Getting Lost In Society

Social security is primarily a social insurance program providing social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others.


An Ordinance to introduce a scheme of Social Security for providing benefits to certain employees or their dependents in the event of sickness, maternity, employment, injury or death and for matters ancillary thereto.


Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to introduce a scheme of Social Security for providing benefits to certain employees or their dependents in the event of sickness, maternity, employment, injury or death, and for matters ancillary thereto;

AND WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan is not in session and the Governor of West Pakistan is satisfied that circumstances exist which render immediate legislation necessary;

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say–

(1) “appointed day” means in relation to any area, class of persons, industries, establishments or benefits, the day on which this Ordinance is applied to such area or in respect of such class of persons, industries, establishments or benefits;

(2) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Governing Body;

(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the institution;

(4) “confinement” means labour resulting in the issue of a living child, or labour after twenty-six weeks of pregnancy resulting in the issue of a child, whether alive or dead;

(5) “contribution” means the sum of money payable to the institution by an employer in respect of an employee, [5][* * *] in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance;

(6) “dependent” means the wife or wives or a needy invalid husband [6][, dependent parents] and any unmarried children under the age of [7][twenty-one] years dependent upon the secured person [8][:]

[9][Provided that such age limit shall not apply to unmarried dependent daughters;]

(7) “disablement” means a condition caused by an employment injury which, as certified by a medical practitioner authorised for the purpose as provided in the regulations, has permanently reduced or is likely to reduce permanently a secured person’s earning capacity, and disablement shall be “minor” where the loss of earning capacity [10][is less than twenty per centum], “partial” where the loss of earning capacity ranges from twenty-one per centum to sixty-six per centum, and “total” where the loss of earning capacity is in excess of sixty-six per centum;




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