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ACT I of 2007 ACT I of 2007 BALOCHISTAN GENERAL PROVIDENT INVESTMENT FUND ACT, 2007 An Act to provide for establishment of a General Provident Investment Fund in the Province of Balochistan. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 13th June, 2007] No. PAB/Legis:V(37)/2007, dated 12-6-2007.--The Balochistan General Provident Investment Fund Bill 2007, Bill No.2 of 2007 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 29th May, 2007 and assented to by the Governor of Balochistan, on 2nd June, 2007, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly. Preamble.--Whereas it is expedient to provide for establishment of a General Provident Investment Fund in the Province of Balochistan. It is hereby enacted as follows:-- 2. Definitions.--In this Act unless the context otherwise requires the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them that is to say:-- (a) "Government" means the Government of Balochistan. (b) "Fund" means the fund established under section 3(1) of this Act; (c) "Bank" means the financial institution in whose custody and control the funds under this Act is kept and invested; (d) "Board" means the Board constituted under section 5 of this Act; (e) "Public Accounts of the Province" having the same meaning as assigned to it under Article 118 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973; (f) "Prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act.