Gap-filling under pension scheme: corresponding provident fund provisions apply wherever the pension scheme is silent. Paragraph 29 of the Employees' Pension Scheme, 2026 provides that where the Scheme is silent on any matter, the corresponding provisions of the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 2026 apply. It functions as a gap-filling mechanism, ensuring that issues not expressly covered by the pension scheme are governed by the matching provident fund provisions and that the two schemes operate in a coordinated manner.
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Gap-filling under pension scheme: corresponding provident fund provisions apply wherever the pension scheme is silent.
Paragraph 29 of the Employees' Pension Scheme, 2026 provides that where the Scheme is silent on any matter, the corresponding provisions of the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 2026 apply. It functions as a gap-filling mechanism, ensuring that issues not expressly covered by the pension scheme are governed by the matching provident fund provisions and that the two schemes operate in a coordinated manner.
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