Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 s 17
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s 17 Constitution to provide protection of benefits under provident fund scheme
The Constitution may establish a provident fund scheme for its employees and the following provisions shall apply to any such provident scheme—
(a) no assurance on the life of any contributor under any provident scheme and no moneys or other benefits received under such assurance or in any other manner under any such scheme shall be capable of being taken in execution or otherwise garnished, attached, sequestered or levied upon for or in respect of any debt or claim whatsoever against the contributor or his estate unless the University in its discretion shall have assigned such assurance, moneys or other benefits to the contributor for his absolute use and benefit or, in the case of his death, to his legal personal representative;
(b) subject to any discretionary trusts or powers as to the application thereof vested by any Act or rules relating thereto in the University or other person administering the provident scheme, all moneys and benefits arising from any such provident scheme shall be deemed to be impressed with a trust in favour of the objects entitled thereto under the will or intestacy of any deceased contributor;
(c) no donation or contribution to a fund established under a provident scheme or interest thereon shall be assignable or liable to be attached, sequestered or levied upon for or in respect of any debt or claim whatsoever other than a debt due to the University;
(d) no such donation or contribution or interest shall be subject to the debts of the contributor, nor shall such donation, contribution or interest be subject to the debts of the contributor, nor shall such donation, contribution or interest pass to the Director General of Insolvency on the bankruptcy of such contributor, but, if such contributor is adjudicated a bankrupt or is declared insolvent by judgement of the court, such donation or contribution or interest shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and of the Constitution and of any Act or rules relating thereto, be deemed to be impressed with a trust in favour of the persons entitled thereto on the death of the contributor;
(e) the bankruptcy of a contributor shall not effect the making of deductions from the salary of the contributor in accordance with any Act or rules relating thereto, but such deductions shall continue to be made notwithstanding the provisions of any written law, and the portion of salary so deducted shall be deemed not to form part of his after-acquired property;
(f) subject to the provisions of any Act or rules relating thereto, all moneys payable or paid out of any fund established under a provident scheme on the death of a contributor shall be deemed to be impressed with a trust in favour of the persons entitled thereto under the will or intestacy of such deceased contributor, or under a nomination in such form as may be prescribed under the scheme, but shall not be deemed to form part of his estate or be subject to the payment of his debts.
Malay text (authoritative)
Perlembagaan boleh menubohkan suatu sekim kumulanwang simpanan bagı pekerjal-nya dan peruntokan' vang berikut hendak-lah di-pakai bagi sa-suatu sekim sımpanan itu-
(a) tiada apa2 asuran atas nyawa sa-saorang pencharum di-bawah sa-suatu sekim simpanan dan juga tiada apa? wang atau lain? faedah yang di-terima dibawah asuran itu atau dengan apaż chara lain di-bawah sa-suatu sekim itu boleh di-ambil untok menjelaskan apa2 jua hutang atau tuntutan terhadap pencharum atau harta-nya, atau pun di-garnish, di-tahan, di-asingkan atau di-levi bagi maksud demikian itu melainkan jika Universiti, menurut budibichara-nya, telah menyerahak asuran, wang atau lain? faedah kapada pencharum itu untok kegunaan dan faedah mutlak-nya atau; jika sa-kiranya pencharum itü mati, kapada wakil diri-nya di-sisi undang?;
(b) tertaklok kapada apaż amanah atau kuasa budibichara tentang penggunaan-nya yang di-beri oleh mana2 Akta atau kaedah berhubong dengan sekim simpanan kapada Universiti atau orang lain vang mentadbirkan sekim simpanan itu semua wang dan faedah terbit daripada mana2 sekim simpanan itu hendak-lah di-sifatkan sa-bagai teramanah untok orang2 yang berhak kapada-niya mengıkut wasiat pencharum yang mati atau apabila pencharum itu mati tidak berwasiat:.
(c) tiada apa? derma ätau charum kapada sa-suatu kumpulanwang yang di-tubohkan di-bawah suatu charum itü boleh di-serahak atau di-tahan, di-asingkan atau di-levi bagi atau mengenaï apa? jua hutang atau tuntutan melainkan hutang yang kena di-bayar kapada Universiti;
(d) tiada apa2 derma atau charum atau faedah boleh tertaklok kapada hutang2 pencharum dan juga tiada apa? derma, charum atau faedah itu boleh berpindah kapada Pegawai Pemegang Harta apabila pencharum menjadi bankrap, akan tetapi pencharum di-hukum menjadi sa-orang bankrap atau di-ishtiharkan sa-bagai tidak berkemampuan menurut hukuman Mahkamah, maka derma charum atau faedah itu hendak-lah, tertaklok kapada peruntokan Akta ini dan peruntokan
/ 1Bhg. III-IV, S. 17-20] Perlembagaan dan peruntokan mana? Akta atau kaedahz berhubong dengan sekim simpanan, disifatkan. sa-bagai teramanah untok orang? yang berhak kapada-nya apabila mati pencharum;
(e) kebankrapan sa-saorang pencharum tidak-lah menghalang potongan? di-buat daripada gaji pencharum mengikut mana? Akta atau kaedah dengan simpanan tetapi sa-balek-nya potongan? itu hendak-lah terus di-buat walau apa pun peruntokan mana? undang? bertulis, ahagian gai vang di-potong itu tıdak boleh di tatkan sa-oagaı sa-bahagian darıpada barta-nv yang di-perolehi kemudian;
(f) tertaklok kapada peruntokan mana? Akta atau kaedah2 berhübong dengan sekim simpanan segalą ... wang yang kena di-bayar atau yang di-bayar dari mana2 kumpulanwang yang di-tubohkan di-bawah sekim simpanan apabila matı sa-saorang pencharum hendak-lah di-sifatkan sa-bagai teramanah untok orang? yang berhak kapada-nya mengıkut wasıat pencharum yang mati itu atau apabıla pencharum akan tetapi tıdak boleh di-sifatkan sa-bagai sabahagian daripada harta pesaka pencharum itu atau tidak boleh di-gunakan untok membayar hutang'- nya.
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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).
