law: Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 
  
  14.Cessation as a beneficiary.- 
  (1) A building worker who has been registered
  
  as a beneficiary under this Act shall cease to be as such when he attains the
  
  age of sixty years or when he is not engaged in building or other construction
  
  work for not less than ninety days in a year;
  
  Provided that in computing the period of ninety days under this
  
  sub-section, there shall be excluded any period of absence from the building or
  
  other construction work due to any personal injury caused to the building
  
  worker by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if a person had been
  
  a beneficiary for at least three years continuously immediately before
  
  attaining the age of sixty years, he shall be eligible to get such benefits as
  
  may be prescribed.
  
  Explanation.--- For computing the period of three years as a beneficiary
  
  with a Board under this sub-section, there shall be added any period for which
  
  a person had been a beneficiary with any other Board immediately before his registration.