IREC Rule No.924: Final Withdrawal For Funeral Expenses

924.  Final Withdrawal – Funeral Expenses And Immediate Requirement Of The Family Of A Deceased Subscriber:-

When the representatives of a deceased subscriber have been left in indigent circumstances, an advance not exceeding two months pay or Rs.500 whichever is less may be made by the authority specified in Rule 922 to meet funeral and incidental expenses of the subscriber or other immediate requirements of the family of the deceased subscriber if it is certified that the amount advanced can be recovered at the time of the payment of the fund money or otherwise. The advance should, as far as possible, be granted to the person persons eligible to receive the Provident Fund money in terms of Rule 943 and should be limited to the share of the person concerned.