Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Membership.- (1) Every Non-Resident Keralite who has completed 18 years of age, but not completed 55 years of age, shall be entitled to register his name as a member of the Fund. (2) Every Non-Resident Keralite, who has completed 18 years of age, but not completed 55 years of age and who has left Kerala for employment or otherwise and resides for more than six months in any place in India outside Kerala and continues there, is also entitled to register his name as a member of the Fund. (3) Every Non-Resident Keralite (abroad) entitled to register under sub-section (1) may register his name in the Fund immediately on obtaining the emigration clearance and before leaving the State in the manner provided in the Scheme. (4) Every Non-Resident Keralite (India) entitled to register under sub-section (2) may, if he wishes to do so, register his name within two 33/150/2009 months on attaining the eligibility for membership in the manner provided in the Scheme. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (3) and (4), the Non-Resident Keralites who left Kerala prior to the commencement of this Act and the Scheme there under, shall register their names to the Fund within such period and in such manner as may be prescribed in the Scheme. (6) The registration fee in respect of the members shall be rupees two hundred: Provided that the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, revise the registration fee once in three years. (7) Every registered member shall remit the contribution under section 4 within such period and intervals and in such manner as may be prescribed.