Section 17

Disability pension

of Pensions Act 1980

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(1)

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may grant, in addition to payments made under section 9 or 24, wherever applicable, a disability pension under the regulations where an officer, other than a contract officer, is required to retire as a result of—

(a)

sustaining an injury in the course and arising out of performing his official duty or due to a travel accident; or

(b)

contracting a disease to which he is exposed by the nature of his duty.

(2)

For the purpose of subsection (1), injury or disease means injury or disease which is not due to, aggravated or contributed by negligence or misconduct.

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