Pakistan Bar Council Employees Pension Rules — section 2

2. Definition:- In these Rules unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them that is to say:

(a)“Act” means the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 (Act XXXV of 1973);

(b)“Appointing Authority” means the Executive Committee in relation to posts upto BS-16 and the Bar Council in relation to posts of BS-17 and above;

(c)“Chairman” means Chairman of Executive Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council;

(d)“Competent Authority” means the appointing authority;

(e)“Council” means the Pakistan Bar Council;

(f)“Employee” means a permanent and full time employee of the Pakistan Bar Council;

(g)“Executive Committee” means Executive Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council;

(h)“Family” means wife or wives or husband and children (except married sons/daughters) under 21 years of age, of the employee;

(i)“Fund” mans the Pakistan Bar Council Employees Pension Fund;

(j)“Month” means an english calendar month;

(k)“Pay/Emoluments” means pay/emoluments of an employee as determined under Rule 11 ibid.

(l)“Pension” means the sum payable by way of monthly payment to an employee or his family under these Rules;

(m)“Spouse” means the lawfully wedded spouse of the employee.