Malaysia legislation
Section 20
Section 20
The High Commissioner in Council may, after seeking the advice of the Board, make regulations—
(a)
to provide for the manner of payment and collection of contributions and any matters incidental thereto;
(b)
to provide for the nomination by an employee of the persons to whom any amount standing to his credit in the Fund at the time of his death is to be paid at his death, for the manner in which such nomination may be revoked and for the circumstances in which it is to be treated as having ceased to be operative and for the payment of such amount to the nominee so nominated;
(c)
to provide that, subject to the regulations, probate or other proof of title of the personal representatives of a deceased employee may be dispensed with in the case of any amount standing to the credit of such employee in the Fund and that such amount may be paid or distributed to or among the persons appearing in the manner provided by the regulations to be beneficially entitled to the personal estate of the deceased employee, whether under any nomination as aforesaid or by law, or as next of kin or otherwise, or to or among any one or more of such persons exclusive of the others;
(d)
to provide that any amount not exceeding one thousand dollars standing to the credit of a deceased employee in the Fund may be paid out by the Board without production of any evidence that any estate duty due on the estate of the deceased employee has been paid;
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(e)
to prescribe anything which under this Ordinance may be prescribed by the High Commissioner in Council; and
(f)
for carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance.