s 15 Derivative pension where an officer dies after retirement
(1) Subject to section 16—
(a) where a pensionable officer dies within the period of twelve and a half years from the date of his retirement from the public service, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may grant to the person prescribed in the regulations a derivative pension equivalent to the amount of pension paid to him for a period not exceeding the difference between the period of twelve and a half years and the retirement period of the deceased officer; and thereafter such derivative pension shall continue to be payable at the rate of seventy percent of the amount granted; and
(b) where a pensionable officer dies after the period of twelve and half years from the date of his retirement from the public service, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may grant to the person prescribed in the regulations a derivative pension equivalent to seventy percent of the officer’s pension:
Provided that any grant of derivative pension after the expiration of the period of twelve and a half years from the date of his retirement shall only be made where the recipient—
(i) in the case of a widow or widower, was married to the deceased officer while such officer was still in service;
(ii) in the case of a child or dependent step-child, is a child or dependent step-child of a marriage that had taken place while the officer was still in service;
(iii) in the case of an adopted child, is a child adopted under any written law relating to adoption or under any custom or usage, while the officer was still in service; or
(iv) in the case of an illegitimate child, is a child conceived while the officer was still in service,
and is resident in Malaysia.
(2) Where an officer dies after his retirement but during the period of retirement prior to his death his pension was not granted or has ceased under section 20 or 21, subsection (1) shall apply and for this purpose the officer shall be deemed to have received the pension.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pencen terbitan jika seseorang pegawai mati selepas bersara
(1) Tertakluk kepada seksyen 16—
(a) (Dipotong oleh Akta A1343).
(b) jika seseorang pegawai berpencen mati dalam atau selepas tempoh dua puluh tahun dari tarikh persaraannya dari perkhidmatan awam, Yang di-Pertuan Agong boleh memberi kepada orang yang ditetapkan dalam peraturan-peraturan itu pencen terbitan yang sama banyaknya dengan amaun pencen yang dibayar kepadanya:
Dengan syarat bahawa apa-apa pemberian pencen terbitan selepas tamatnya tempoh dua puluh tahun dari tarikh persaraannya hendaklah dibuat hanya jika penerimanya—
(i) berkenaan dengan seseorang balu atau duda, telah berkahwin dengan pegawai yang mati itu semasa pegawai itu masih dalam perkhidmatan;
(ii) berkenaan dengan seseorang anak atau anak tiri tanggungan, adalah seorang anak atau anak tiri tanggungan hasil perkahwinan semasa pegawai itu masih dalam perkhidmatan;
(iii) berkenaan dengan seseorang anak angkat, adalah seorang anak yang diangkat di bawah mana-mana undang-undang bertulis berhubungan dengan pengangkatan atau di bawah mana-mana adat atau kelaziman semasa pegawai itu masih dalam perkhidmatan; atau
(iv) berkenaan dengan seseorang anak tak sah taraf, adalah seorang anak yang dikandungkan semasa pegawai itu masih dalam perkhidmatan.
(2) Jika seseorang pegawai mati selepas persaraannya tetapi sepanjang tempoh persaraan sebelum kematiannya pencennya telah tidak diberi atau
telah terhenti di bawah seksyen 21, maka subseksyen (1) hendaklah terpakai dan bagi maksud ini pegawai itu hendaklah disifatkan sebagai telah menerima pencen itu.
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).
