Public Provident Fund Act, 1968
8. Payment on death of subscriber
(1) If a subscriber dies and there is in force at the time of
his death a nomination in favor of any person, all amounts standing to his
credit in the Fund shall be payable to the nominee.
(2) Where the nominee is a minor, the amounts referred to in
sub-section (1) shall be payable to any guardian of the property of the minor
appointed by a competent court, or where no such guardian has been so
appointed, to either parent of the minor, or where neither parent is alive, to
any other guardian of the minor.
(3) Where there is no nomination in force at the time of the
death of the subscriber, the amounts referred to in sub-section (1) shall be
payable to his legal heirs.