Social Insurance Law
Decree
PART 2: DECREE-LAWS AMENDING THE SOCIAL INSURANCE LAW |
DECREE-LAW NO. 15/1987
WITH RESPECT TO AMENDING We, Essa bin Sulman Al Khalifa, Amir of the State of Bahrain, Having reviewed the Constitution; And Amiri Order No. 4 of 1975; And Decree-Law No. 24 of 1976 with respect to promulgating the Law on Social Insurance and Laws in amendment thereof; And upon the submission of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs; And with the consent of the Council of Ministers; HEREBY DECREE THE FOLLOWING LAW : Article 1 The Social Insurance Law enacted by Decree-Law No. 24 of 1976 shall be amended so that a hypothetical contribution period of sixty insurance months shall be added upon the calculation of the retirement pension in case the insured, he or she, completes or exceeds the contribution period referred to in each of Clauses 2 and 3 of Article 34 of the Social Insurance Law, whether all such period is an actual contribution period or includes a period or periods deemed as an insurance contribution period with regard to the insured who retires during five-year period from the effective date of this Law. The Council of Ministers may, upon the submission of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs and approval of the Board of Directors of the General Organisation for Social Insurance, issue and Edict for extending the period referred to in the foregoing paragraph.** Article 2 For the provision of Article 136 of the Social Insurance Law referred to above there shall be substituted the following provision: Article
136 Should the service of the original pensioner be terminated due to a new employment injury or complications of a previous injury or injuries caused prior to joining the remunerative employment referred to in the foregoing paragraph, or if his service is terminated due to an injury resulting in his death, he shall be treated according to the provisions of the employment injuries provided for in the Social Insurance Law, provided that the total of pensions shall not exceed the contribution salary upon which the first pension was calculated. An insured, a pensioner or beneficiaries thereof shall also combine between the pensions provided for in the branch of insurance against old age, disability and death and in the branch of insurance against employment injuries, with the proviso that in all cases, the total pensions shall not exceed the average salary or the salary on the basis on the basis of which the pension has been calculated." Article 3 As from the effective date of this Law, retirement pensions payable by the General Organisation for Social Insurance on the effective date of this Law, shall be amended according to the basis mentioned in the first article of this Law without payment of differentials for previous periods. The General Organisation hereinabove referred to shall be bound to pay the retirement pensions amended in accordance with the above Article 1 by payment of the retirement pensions due to insureds after the enforcement of this Law. Any payment received by an insured in violation of Article 136 prior to the amendment thereof, in the manner set forth in the preceding Article 2 of this Law, shall be waived. Article 4 The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs shall issue the necessary orders for the implementation of the provisions of this Law. Article 5 The Ministers,
each in his respective capacity, shall implement this Law which
shall come into force as from the first day of the month following
the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Essa
bin Sulman Al Khalifa Dated: 18 November
1987 |