NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND ACT

Section 36: Protection of contributors in certain cases

1961Section 36 of 46Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1)
Where-
(a)
any attachment is issued against the property of an employer in execution of a decree against him and any such property is seized or sold or otherwise realised in pursuance of such execution; or
(b)
on the application of a secured creditor the property of an employer is sold,
the proceeds of the sale or other realisation of such property shall not be distributed to any person entitled thereto until the court ordering the sale or other realisation has made provision for the payment of any amounts due in respect of contributions payable by the employer under this Act during the twelve months before the date of such order.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, "employer" includes any company in liquidation under the Companies and Allied Matters Act or any Act repealed thereby.

Cite this section

Section 36, NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND ACT (1961).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-provident-fund-act/section/36/