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The Social Insurance Organization (SIO) is the Kingdom of Bahrain's official agency for the advancement of social insurance and pension services to all individuals subject to the Civil Law (Public Sector) and the Social Insurance Law (Private Sector) .

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Social Insurance Law

PART 1: THE CONSOLIDATED ACT ON SOCIAL INSURANCE

  CHAPTER XI TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

PART 1: Government Loans to the General Organisation

Article 132

By Order of the Council of Ministers to be made on the recommendation of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, in agreement with the Minister for Finance and National Economy, the General Organisation shall be granted a loan or several loans to enable it to pay the necessary initial expenses of its management following the appointment of its Director. The General Organisation shall repay such loan or loans by five annual instalments. Repayment of the first instalment shall become due at the end of the second year of the implementation of this Law.

Article 133

The General Organisation shall comply with the rules and procedure for the disbursement of such loans, which shall be prescribed by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, upon the recommendation of the Director General, in the form of provisional financial rules. Such provisional rules shall be submitted to the Board of Directors, after its formation, for approval or revision.

PART 2: Compensation for Employment Injuries and Occupational Diseases Sustained Prior to the Promulgation of this Law

Article 134

  • Compensation for employment injuries sustained prior to the date of the actual application of the social insurance instituted by virtue of this Law, and compensation for occupational disease occurring or diagnosed prior to such date, shall remain subject to the provisions of the Bahrain Employed Persons Compensation Ordinance 1957, enacted on the 10th October, 1957, or the Labour Law in force, whichever is applicable at the time the employment injury was sustained.
  • The provisions in respect of compensation for employment injuries and occupational diseases as set forth in the Labour Law and Ministerial Orders issued thereunder, shall with effect from the publication of such Labour Law in the Official Gazette, apply to the said employment injuries and occupational diseases occurring in the employer's concerns unless they are overtaken by the phased implementation of the stages of the actual application of the social insurance, at which time compensation for employment injuries sustained under the said Labour Law and occupational diseases occurring or diagnosed thereunder, shall remain subject to the provisions of the said Labour Law.
  • In the application of paragraph (1) and (2) of this Article, the date of actual application shall mean the date fixed in pursuance of Article 6 hereof upon which the obligation of an employer to pay his contributions to the Employment Injuries Insurance Branch shall commence.
  • Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs 1 and 2, with effect from the date of the actual application of Chapter V hereof, and in accordance with the gradual phase of application pursuant to Article 6 above, such provisions as are inconsistent with this Law shall be repealed with regard to employers and workers to whom the aforesaid Chapter shall apply.
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