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ACT XV OF 2018 ACT XV OF 2018 BALOCHISTAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES BENEVOLENT FUND ACT, 2018 An Act to provide for the establishment of a Board for the common benefit of the provincial employees of Government of Balochistan; and to a mechanism provide for their Benevolent Fund and the matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 20th November, 2018] No. PAB/Legis: II(32)/2018, dated 20.11.2018.---The Balochistan Government Employees Benevolent Fund Bill, 2018 Bill No.32 of 2018, having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 03rd November, 2018 and assented to by the Governor Balochistan, on 19th November, 2018 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to provide for establishment of the Balochistan Government Employees Benevolent Fund to regulate the Benevolent Fund of the Provincial employees of the Government of Balochistan and to promote and protect their legitimate interests in the same; and to provide for their benevolent fund and the benefits attached therewith: It is hereby enacted as follows:- 20. Savings.---(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, upon coming into force of this Act everything done, action taken, obligations or liabilities incurred, rights and assets acquired, persons appointed or authorized, jurisdiction or powers conferred, endowments, bequests, funds or trust created, donations or grants made, Scholarships or privileges granted and orders issued under any of the provisions of the Balochistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund Ordinance 1960 (W.P. Ordinance XIV of 1960) or other legislative instruments or the statutes, the Regulations and the Rules made or deemed to have been made thereunder, shall if not inconsistent with the provisions or the Rules made under this Act, be continued and, so far as may be deemed to have been respectively done, taken, incurred, acquired, appointed, instituted, granted, and issued under this Act, and any documents referring to any of the provisions of the said Ordinance, other legislative instruments or statutes the Regulations, and the Rules first referred shall so far as may be, be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of the Ordinance or the statutes, the Regulations and the Rules made, under this Act. (2) The offices of the Board functioning in terms of the provisions of the Balochistan Government Servants Benevolent Fund Ordinance 1960 (W.P. Ordinance XIV of 1960), or other legislative instruments shall continue to function in terms of the said Ordinance. (3) Any statutes, Regulations or Rules made or deemed to have been made under the Provincial Employees Group Insurance Ordinance, 2007 (Ordinance No. XII of 2007) or other legislative instrument shall, if not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be statutes, Regulations or Rules made under this Act having regard to the various matters which by the Ordinance have to be regulated or prescribed by Statutes, Regulations and Rules respectively, and shall continue to be in force until they are repealed, rescinded or modified in accordance with the provisions of the Act.