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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law
for the time being in force, the amount standing to be credited in favour of the employee under Chapters
III, IV, V, VI or VII of any member of any fund under this Code, or of any exempted employee in a
provident fund maintained by his employer, shall not in any way be capable of being assigned or charged
and shall not be liable to attachment under any decree or order of any Court in respect of any debt or liability
incurred by such employee or member or the exempted employee, as the case may be.
(2) Any amount standing to the credit of a member in the fund or of an exempted employee in a
provident fund maintained by his employer at the time of the death of such member or the exempted
employee, as the case may be, and payable to his nominee or in case of failure of nomination, to his family
under the scheme or the rules of the fund shall, subject to any deduction authorised by the said scheme or
rules, as the case may be, vest in the nominee or such family and shall be free from any debt or other liability
incurred by the deceased or the nominee before his death and shall also not be liable to attachment under
any decree or order of any court.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, any amount due
under the Chapters referred to in sub-section (1) shall be the charge on the assets of the establishment to
which it relates and shall be paid in priority in accordance with the provisions of the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016).