RULE 293 INCOME-TAX RULES 2026
Nomination.
293. (1) An employee may be permitted by the trustees of the provident fund to nominate one or more persons to receive the amount held in the provident fund in the event of the death of such employee and such nomination shall be made in Form No. 184.
(2) If an employee nominates more than one person under sub-rule (1), he shall, specify in his nomination the amount or share payable to each of the nominees in a way that the whole of the amount that may stand to his credit in the provident fund.
(3) Where an employee has a family at the time of making a nomination, the nomination shall be in favour of one or more persons belonging to his family and any nomination made by an employee in favour of a person not belonging to his family shall be invalid.
(4) If, at the time of making a nomination, the employee does not have a family, the nomination may be in favour of any person or persons, but if the employee later gains a family, then such nomination shall be invalid and the employee may then make a new nomination in favour of one or more persons from his family.
(5) If the nomination is in favour of a minor, whether partly or fully, the member may appoint an adult family member as the guardian of the minor nominee in the event of the death of such member and if, there are no adult family members available, the member may choose any other person to be the guardian of the minor nominee.
(6) An employee may modify a nomination at any time by providing written notice to the trustees in Form No. 184 and, if the nominee dies before the employee, the nomination shall revert back to the employee who may then make a new nomination for that interest.
(7) A nomination or its modification shall take effect to the extent that it is valid on the date on which it is received by the trustees.
(8) For the purposes of this rule, “family” means,—
| (a) | in the case of a male member, his wife, his children, whether married or unmarried, his dependant parents and his deceased son’s widow and children; and | |
| (b) | in the case of a female member, her husband, her children, whether married or unmarried, her dependant parents, her husband’s dependant parents and her deceased son’s widow and children. |