Malaysia legislation

Section 5

of TABUNG ANGKATAN TENTERA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017

Section 5

Section 9a of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in subsection (3)—

(i)

in the English language text, by substituting for the word “not” the word “neither”;

(ii)

by inserting after the words “terminal gratuity” the words “nor elected to participate in the veteran annuity scheme”;

(iii)

in paragraph (a), by inserting after the semi colon at the end of the paragraph the word “and”;

(iv)

in paragraph (b), by substituting for the words

“; and” at the end of the paragraph a full stop; and

(v)

by deleting paragraph (c); and

(b)

by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

“(3a)

An officer who contributes under subsection (1)

who has completed less than twenty years of service and has not elected to be paid terminal gratuity but elects to participate in the veteran annuity scheme shall, upon the completion of his service, be paid the value of his contribution to the Tabung and the dividend for the duration of the contribution, and the value of the contribution from the Consolidated Fund that has been recorded in accordance with subsection (2)

shall be paid into the Tabung to the credit of such officer’s account.”.

Amendment of section 11

Section 5 — AKTA TABUNG ANGKATAN TENTERA (PINDAAN) 2017