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Pensions Act 1980 s 17

Pensions Act 1980 s 17

s 17 Disability pension

(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may grant, in addition to payments made under section 9 or 24, wherever applicable, a disability pension under the regulations where an officer, other than a contract officer, is required to retire as a result of— (a) sustaining an injury in the course and arising out of performing his official duty or due to a travel accident; or (b) contracting a disease to which he is exposed by the nature of his duty. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), injury or disease means injury or disease which is not due to, aggravated or contributed by negligence or misconduct.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pencen hilang upaya

(1) Yang di-Pertuan Agong boleh memberikan, sebagai tambahan kepada pembayaran yang dibuat di bawah seksyen 9 atau 24, di mana berkenaan, pencen hilang upaya di bawah peraturan-peraturan itu jika seseorang pegawai, lain daripada seorang pegawai kontrak, adalah dikehendaki bersara akibat dari— (a) menanggung bencana semasa melaksanakan dan berbangkit daripada melaksanakan tugas rasminya atau disebabkan oleh kemalangan dalam perjalanan; atau (b) mendapat penyakit yang kerana jenis tugasnya itu menyebabkan dirinya terdedah. (2) Bagi maksud subseksyen (1), bencana atau penyakit ertinya bencana atau penyakit yang bukan disebabkan oleh, yang tidak menjadi semakin teruk oleh kerana atau yang tidak berpunca dari kecuaian atau salah lakunya.

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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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