Social Insurance Law
PART 2: DECREE-LAWS AMENDING THE SOCIAL INSURANCE LAW
* AMIRI DECREE - LAW NO. 27/1976* CONCERNING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES 38 AND 139 OF SOCIAL INSURANCE LAW
We, Essa bin Sulman Al Khalifa, Amir of the State of Bahrain, In conformity with the Constitution; And in pursuance of the Social Insurance Law promulgated by Decree Law No. 24 for 1976; And having considered the submission of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs; And with the consent of the Council of Ministers HEREBY DECREE THE FOLLOWING :
Article 1
Clause 5 of Article 38 of the Social Insurance Law shall be amended to read as follows:
Article 2
"b-In the event of the insured expatriate being eligible for a retirement, disability or death pension in accordance with Articles 34, 37, 41, 42, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, and 62, his entitlements shall be computed and his retirement, disability or death pension which follows from the application of the aforementioned articles, shall be replaced by a lump sum according to the amount permitted by his pension in accordance with the index number included in the first category of schedule 6 annexed to this Law."
Article 3
Ministers shall, each within his competence, execute this Law which shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Essa bin Sulman Al Khalifa
Amir of the State of Bahrain
Issued at Rifa'a Palace
0n 29 Sha'aban 1396
Corresponding to 25th August 1976
* Published in the Official Gazette No. 1190 dated 25 August 1976.