Section 3. (1) When a subscriber to, or depositor in, any Government or Railway Provident Fund dies, and the su

3. (1) When a subscriber to, or depositor in, any Government or Railway Provident Fund dies, and the sum standing to his credit in the books of the Fund does not exceed two thousand rupees, the officer or person whose duty it is to make payment of such sum may pay it as follows:— (a) he may pay it to any person entitled to receive it according to the rules of the Fund or, in the absence of any rule of the Fund to the contrary, to any person nominated in writing by the deceased subscriber or depositor to receive it; (b) in any case not hereinbefore provided for, he may pay it to any person appearing to him to be entitled to receive it. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply to any such sum which, at the commencement of this Act, stands to the credit of any subscriber or depositor already deceased. (3) Nothing in this section shall affect the validity of the rules of any Fund in so far as such rules may provide for the disposal of sums exceeding two thousand rupees.