JUDGES' REMUNERATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017

This Act comes into operation on 1 June 2017.

Amendment of section 4

by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1);

and

by inserting after the renumbered subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(2) For the purpose of computing a Judge’s pension, the period of service of a Judge in another capacity under section 8c shall be counted as the period of service as a Judge.”.

JUDGES’ REMUNERATION (AMENDMENT)

ACT 2017

Amendment of section 5

is immediately reappointed to the office of a Judge, the period of his service as a Judge before, and the period during which he served in that other capacity after, he relinquished his office as a

Judge shall be counted as period of service as a

Judge; or

is not reappointed to the office of a Judge by virtue of him having reached his retirement age pursuant to subsection 8c(3), the period of his service as a Judge before, and the period during which he served in that other capacity until he attains his retirement age after, he relinquished his office as a Judge shall be counted as period of service as a Judge.”.

Amendment of section 8

serve in another capacity without relinquishing his office of a Judge; or

relinquish the office of a Judge to serve in another capacity, for any period as specified by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

For the purpose of subsection (1), where a Judge is required to serve in another capacity in the national interest, the remuneration to which the Judge is entitled under this

Act during the period he serves in such other capacity shall be paid by the body where he serves in such other capacity.

Where a Judge of the Federal Court, the Court of

Appeal or the High Court is required to relinquish the office of a Judge to serve in another capacity under paragraph

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