Section 44(1) in The Punjab Scheduled Castes Land Development & Finance Corporation (Staff) Regulations, 1971
(1)An employee who is arrested for debt or on a criminal charge shall be considered as under suspension from the date of his arrest, and shall be allowed the payments admissible to an employee under suspension under sub-regulation (3) of Regulation 46 until the termination of proceedings against him, when and adjustment of his pay and allowances shall be made according to the circumstances of the case and in the light of the decision as to whether his absence is to be accounted for as a period of duty or leave, the full pay and allowances being given only in the event of the employee being acquitted of all blame and treated as on duty during the period of his absence. An employee who is committed to prison for debt or is convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude shall be liable to dismissal.
