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ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1979 CHAPTER. VII‑ADMINISTRATION OF SERVICES 47. Provident Fund, Pension and other facilities for servants of Local Councils.‑{I) A Local Council may establish and maintain a Provident Fund and require any of its servants to contribute to such fund, and may itself con. tribute to it in such manner and in such proportion as may be prescribed. (2) A Local Council may, in the prescribed manner and with the previous sanction of Government, provide for the payment of pension to its servants after retirement. (3) A Local Council may, with the previous sanction of Government, grant a special pension or gratuity to the family of the servant who dies of disease or injury contacted or suffered in the discharge of his official duties. (4) A Local Council may, in the prescribed manner operate scheme of group insurance of its employees and require its employees to subscribe t0 it. (5) The Government may, in the prescribed manner, establish and maintain,‑‑ (a) a fund for the Unified Group of Functionaries for maintenance of such group, (b) a Pension Fund out of which shall be paid any pensions granted under subsection (2); and (c) a Benevolent Fund out of which shall be paid any pension or gratuity granted under subsection (3) or such relief as may be prescribed. 4f (6) The Local Council shall contribute to the funds established and maintained under subsection (5) in such proportion and in such manner as may be specified by Government.