Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 s 21
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s 21 Invalidity grant
(1) A person who is certified to be invalid shall, if he fails to complete any of the qualifying conditions specified in section 17, be entitled to an invalidity grant equivalent to the contributions paid in respect of him together with interest thereon at the rate specified in the regulations.
(2) The claimant shall not be entitled to an invalidity grant unless he has paid twelve monthly contributions in the aggregate since contributions first become payable by him under this Act.
(3) Invalidity grant under this section shall ordinarily be payable only when the person has completed his fifty-fifth year of age or dies before attaining that age.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), invalidity grant under this Act may, at the option of the person concerned, be made at the time when invalidity is verified to exist:
Provided that the contributions so refunded shall be ignored in determining at any time in future his title to or right to pension.
Malay text (authoritative)
Bantuan ilat
(1) Seseorang yang diperakui sebagai ilat, jika dia tidak dapat memenuhi syarat mana-mana tempoh kelayakan yang dinyatakan dalam seksyen 17, adalah berhak mendapat bantuan ilat yang sama banyaknya dengan caruman yang telah dibayar berkenaan dengannya berserta dengan faedahnya mengikut kadar yang dinyatakan dalam peraturan-peraturan.
(2) Pihak menuntut itu tidak berhak mendapat bantuan ilat melainkan jika dia telah membayar dua belas caruman bulanan semenjak caruman mula-mula menjadi kena dibayar olehnya di bawah Akta ini.
(3) Bantuan ilat di bawah seksyen ini biasanya dibayar hanya apabila orang itu telah genap umur lima puluh lima tahun atau mati sebelum mencapai umur itu.
(4) Walau apa pun subseksyen (3), bantuan ilat di bawah Akta ini boleh, mengikut opsyen orang yang berkenaan itu, diberikan pada masa keilatan disahkan sebagai wujud:
Dengan syarat bahawa caruman yang dipulangkan balik itu hendaklah tidak dikira bagi maksud menentukan pada bila-bila masa yang akan datang hak orang itu untuk mendapat pencen.
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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).
