20. Provident fund
Every Judge shall be entitled to subscribe to the General Provident Fund (Central Services):
Provided that a Judge who *** has held any other pensionable civil post under the Union or a State shall continue to subscribe to the provident fund to which he was subscribing before his appointment as a Judge:
Provided further that a Judge who was appointed before the commencement of this Act may continue to subscribe to the provident fund to which he was subscribing immediately before such commencement.
Amendment notes (1)
- omitted w.e.f. 5-4-2016 . The words "is a member of the Indian Civil Service or" omitted by Act 13 of 2016, s. 26 (w.e.f. 5-4-2016).