Judges' Remuneration Act 1971 · Updated to 1 Jan 2026 · Part III · Pensions and Other Benefits of Judges and Dependants
8B. Retirement on special ground
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
A Judge of the Federal Court, of the Court of Appeal or of a
Judge
“Judge” means a Judge of the Federal Court, of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court and includes the Chief Justice, President and a Chief Judge;
High Court who has not attained the age of sixty years but has held the office of a Judge for a period in the aggregate of not less than ten years may, with the approval of the Chief Justice, make representations to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for permission to retire to serve in another capacity; and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, upon being satisfied, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, that it is of special significance and importance to the interests of a State or in the interests
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of Malaysia as a whole for the said Judge to serve in such said capacity, grant permission for the said Judge to so retire.
For the avoidance of doubt, “a Judge of the Federal Court”, for the purposes of this section, shall include the Chief Judges, President and the Chief Justice; and in its application to the Chief Justice, subsection (1) shall be read as if the words “with the approval of the
Chief Justice” have been omitted therefrom.
Terms defined in s 1A
Judge
Defined · s 1A“Judge” means a Judge of the Federal Court, of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court and includes the Chief Justice, President and a Chief Judge;
retirement
Defined · s 1A“retirement” means— (a) retirement from the office of Judge under paragraph 8(a); Judges’ Remuneration 9 (b) retirement from such office under section 8A or 8B; (c) resignation from such office under paragraph 8(c); or (d) ceasing to hold such office under paragraph 8(d);
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