Employee's Provident Funds Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
17A. Transfer of accounts
(1) Where an employee employed in an establishment
to which this Act applies leaves his employment and obtains re-employment in
another establishment to which this Act does not apply, the amount of
accumulations to the credit of such employee in the Fund, or as the case may
be, in the provident fund of the establishment left by him shall be
transferred, within such time as may be specified by the Central Government in
this behalf, to the credit of his account in the provident fund of the
establishment in which he is re-employed, if the employee so desires and the
rules in relation to that provident fund permit such transfer.
(2) Where an employee employed in an
establishment to which this Act does not apply leaves his employment and
obtains re-employment in another establishment to which this Act applies, the
amount of accumulations to the credit of such employee in the provident fund of
the establishment left by him may, if the employee so desires and the rules in
relation to such provident fund permit, be transferred to the credit of his account
in the Fund or as the case may be, in the provident fund of the establishment
in which he is re-employed.]