The Employees' Social Insurance Ordinance, 1962

Current legal status not independently verified. Source: Pakistan Code (single official PDF, 2026-08-21). The text below is the official Pakistan Code text as retrieved; whether it is still in force, or has since been amended or repealed, has not been independently checked.

WHEREAS it is expedient to introduce a scheme of social insurance for providing benefits to certain employees or their dependants in the event of sickness, maternity, employment injury or death, and for matters ancillary thereto; NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the seventh day of October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:__ CHAPTER I PRELEMINARY

• Section 1: Short title, extent, commencement and application
• Section 2: Definitions
• Section 3: Establishment and incorporation of Employees, Social Insurance Institution
• Section 4: Management
• Section 5: Governing Body
• Section 6: Powers and functions of the Governing Body
• Section 7: Meetings of the Governing Body
• Section 8: Head Office
• Section 9: Provincial institutions
• Section 10: Authentication of orders, etc.,
• Section 11: Supersession of the Governing Body
• Section 12: Medical Advisory Council
• Section 13: Duties of Medical advisory Council
• Section 14: Filling of casual vacancies
• Section 15: Fees and allowance
• Section 16: Registration
• Section 17: Disqualifications
• Section 18: Regional boards, local committees and medical boards
• Section 19: Director-General and Deputy Director-General
• Section 20: Officers and staff of the Institution
• Section 21: Contribution
• Section 22: Records and returns by employers
• Section 23: Officials of Institution to check employers books
• Section 24: Increase of unpaid contributions and recovery of contributions, e tc., as arrears of
• Section 25: Safeguard of insured person’s rights in default of payment of contribution b y
• Section 26: Return of contribution paid erroneously
• Section 27: Increase of contributions where safety rules not observed
• Section 28: Extinguishment of claims to contributions
• Section 29: Employees Social Insurance Fund
• Section 30: Security reserves
• Section 31: Investment and loans
• Section 32: Budget estimates
• Section 33: Accounts and audit
• Section 34: Annual Reports
• Section 35: Valuation of assets and liabilities
• Section 36: Sickness benefits
• Section 37: Maternity benefits
• Section 38: Death grant in case of death following sickness
• Section 39: Medical care during sickness and maternity
• Section 40: Injury benefit
• Section 41: Disablement pension
• Section 42: Disablement gratuity
• Section 43: 43 Survivors’ pension
• Section 44: Death grant in case of death resulting from employment injury
• Section 45: Medical care in case of employment injury
• Section 46: Content of medical care
• Section 47: Manner of providing medical care
• Section 48: Institution's power to promote measures for health, welfare, etc., of insured
• Section 49: Claims for benefits
• Section 50: Benefit not assignable or attachable
• Section 51: Exemption from stamp duty
• Section 52: Non-duplication of benefits
• Section 53: Repayment of benefit improperly received
• Section 54: Institution's right to recover damages from employer in certain cases
• Section 55: Institution's right to be indemnified in certain cases
• Section 56: Questions and claims to be decided by the authority specified in the regulations
• Section 57: Medical Boards to assess disablement
• Section 58: Decisions to be in writing in certain cases
• Section 59: Appeal from authority's decision
• Section 60: Constitution of insurance court
• Section 61: Jurisdiction of insurance courts
• Section 62: Transfer of appeals from one insurance court to another
• Section 63: Powers of insurance courts etc
• Section 64: Appearance by legal practitioners, etc
• Section 65: Appeal
• Section 66: Stay of payment pending appeal
• Section 67: Offences and penalties
• Section 68: Prosecutions
• Section 69: Contributions, etc., to have priority over other debts
• Section 70: Exemption from taxes
• Section 71: Exemption from Chapters III and V and levy of special tax
• Section 72: Review and modification of wage class
• Section 73: Employer not to dismiss or punish employee dur ing the period of sickness, etc
• Section 74: Bar of benefits under other laws
• Section 75: Suit for damages in a civil court
• Section 76: Members and servants of the Institution to be public servants
• Section 77: Removal of difficulties
• Section 78: Delegation of powers
• Section 79: Power to make rules
• Section 80: Power to make regulations
• Section 81: Supersession of certain jaws and insurance policies
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