(1)1[Subject to the provisions of section 17, every employee who is a subscriber to any provident fund of2[an establishment] to which this Act applies shall, pending the application of a Scheme to] the3[establishment] in which he is employed, continue to be entitled to the benefits accruing to him under the provident fund, and the provident fund shall continue to be maintained in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as it would have been if this Act has not been passed.
(2)1[On the application of any Scheme to2[an establishment], the accumulations in any provident fund of the3[establishment] standing to the credit of the employees who become members of the Fund established under the Scheme] shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in force or in any deed or other instrument establishing the provident fund but subject to the provisions, if any, contained in the Scheme, be transferred to the Fund established under the Scheme, and shall be credited to the accounts of the employees entitled thereto in the Fund.
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1. Substituted by Act 37 of 1953, section 14, for certain words.
2. Substituted by Act 94 of 1956, section 3, for "a factory".
3. Substituted by Act 94 of 1956, section 3, for "factory".