Malaysia legislation
Section 7
Section 7
(2)
No pension, gratuity or other allowance shall be granted under this Act to any officer who has retired from the public service in the Federation unless the officer has retired—
(a)
on or after attaining the age of fifty-five years;
(b)
subject to the prior consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in the case of a Federal officer, or of the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri, as the case may be, of the State in the case of a State officer, having been obtained to his retiring from the public service, on or after attaining the age of—
(i)
fifty years, in the case of a male officer other than a male officer of the categories referred to in subparagraph (ii); or
(ii)
forty-five years in the case of a female officer, an officer of the Fire Services holding the rank of Sub-Officer and below, a police officer below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, a prison officer below the rank of Superintendent and a male nurse at a mental hospital;
Act 841
Pensions 11
(c)
on medical evidence to the satisfaction of the
Yang di-Pertuan Agong in the case of a Federal officer, or of the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri, as the case may be, of the State in the case of a State officer that he is incapable of discharging the duties of his office, by reason of infirmity of mind or body likely to be permanent;
(d)
on the abolition of his office;
(e)
on the termination of his employment in the public interest;
(f)
on compulsory retirement for the purpose of facilitating improvement in the organization of the department to which he belongs by which greater efficiency or economy may be effected; or
(g)
on the ground of national interest at the instance of the
Government.
Retirement in the public interest