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s 86 Commencement of proceedings
(1) The proceedings before a Board shall be commenced by application.
(2) Every such application shall be made within a period of three years from the date on which the cause of action arose.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (2)—
(a) the cause of action in respect of a claim for benefit shall not be deemed to arise unless the insured person or in the case of dependants’ benefit or survivors’ pension, the dependants of the insured person or, in the case of funeral benefit, the claimant, claims or claim that benefit in accordance with the regulations made in that behalf within a period of twelve months after the claim became due or within such further period as the Board may allow on grounds which appear to it to be reasonable;
(b) the cause of action in respect of a claim by the Organization for recovering contributions from the principal employer or a claim by the principal employer for recovering contributions from an immediate employer shall not be deemed to arise till the date by which the evidence of contributions having been paid is due to be received by the Organization under the regulations;
(c) every such application shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars and shall be accompanied by such fee, if any, as may be prescribed by the regulations.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pemulaan prosiding
(1) Prosiding di hadapan sesuatu Jemaah hendaklah dimulakan dengan permohonan.
(2) Tiap-tiap permohonan itu hendaklah dibuat dalam tempoh tiga tahun dari tarikh alasan tindakan terbit.
(3) Bagi maksud subseksyen (2)—
(a) alasan tindakan bagi sesuatu tuntutan faedah tidak boleh disifatkan sebagai terbit melainkan jika orang berinsurans itu atau dalam hal faedah orang tanggungan atau pencen penakat, orang tanggungan orang berinsurans itu atau, dalam hal faedah pengurusan mayat, orang yang menuntut itu, menuntut faedah itu mengikut peraturan yang dibuat bagi maksud itu dalam tempoh dua belas bulan selepas tuntutan kena ditunaikan atau dalam tempoh yang selanjutnya sebagaimana yang dibenarkan oleh Jemaah atas alasan yang pada pendapatnya berpatutan;
(b) alasan tindakan bagi sesuatu tuntutan oleh Pertubuhan untuk mendapatkan caruman daripada majikan utama atau sesuatu tuntutan oleh majikan utama untuk mendapatkan caruman daripada seseorang majikan langsung tidak boleh disifatkan sebagai terbit hingga tarikh yang padanya atau sebelumnya keterangan mengenai caruman yang telah dibayar genap masanya untuk diterima oleh Pertubuhan menurut peraturanperaturan;
(c) tiap-tiap permohonan itu hendaklah mengikut bentuk dan hendaklah mengandungi butir-butir dan hendaklah disertai dengan bayaran, jika ada, sebagaimana yang ditetapkan melalui peraturan.
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).
