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s 89 Benefit not admissible unless claimed in time
A Board shall not direct the payment of any benefit to a person unless he has made a claim for such benefit in accordance with the regulations made in that behalf and section 86:
Provided that if the Board is satisfied that there was reasonable excuse for not making a claim for the benefit within the prescribed period, it may direct the payment of the benefit as if the claim had been made in time.
Malay text (authoritative)
Faedah tidak boleh dibenarkan melainkan jika dituntut dalam masa yang sepatutnya
Sesuatu Jemaah tidak boleh mengarahkan pembayaran apaapa faedah kepada seseorang melainkan jika orang itu telah membuat tuntutan untuk faedah itu mengikut peraturan yang dibuat bagi maksud itu dan seksyen 86:
Dengan syarat bahawa jika Jemaah berpuas hati bahawa ada sebab yang berpatutan mengapa tuntutan tidak dibuat dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan, Jemaah boleh mengarahkan pembayaran faedah itu seolah-olah tuntutan telah dibuat dalam masa yang sepatutnya.
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).