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Pensions Act 1980 s 14

Pensions Act 1980 s 14

s 14 A derivative pension or gratuity where an officer dies in service

(1) Where a pensionable officer dies in service, the Yang di- Pertuan Agong may grant to the person prescribed in the regulations a derivative pension of not less than one-fifth of the deceased officer’s last drawn salary and a derivative gratuity or a derivative gratuity only. (2) Subject to section 16, the derivative pension granted under subsection (1) shall be payable for a period not exceeding twelve and a half years from the date immediately following the date of death of the officer; and thereafter the recipient, provided he is resident in Malaysia, shall continue to receive seventy percent of the amount granted.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pencen atau ganjaran terbitan jika seseorang pegawai mati dalam perkhidmatan

(1) Tertakluk kepada seksyen 16, jika seseorang pegawai berpencen mati dalam perkhidmatan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong boleh memberikan kepada orang yang ditetapkan dalam peraturan-peraturan itu pencen terbitan tidak kurang daripada satu per lima daripada gaji yang akhir diterima oleh pegawai yang mati itu dan ganjaran terbitan atau hanya ganjaran terbitan sahaja. (2) (Dipotong oleh Akta A1343).

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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