Malaysia legislation

Section 26

of LABOUR ORDINANCE OF SABAH (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025

Section 26

Section 96 of the Ordinance is amended—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(d), by substituting for the words

“by notice or otherwise” the words “by the employer”;

and

(b)

by inserting after subsection (6) the following subsection:

“(7)  For the purposes of this section, “dependant”

means—

(a)

the husband of an employee;

(b)

the wife or wives of an employee;

(c)

a child, step-child or adopted child, who is unmarried and under the age of eighteen years, of an employee; or

(d)

natural or legally adoptive father or mother of an employee.”.

Amendment of Chapter XIII

Section 26 — LABOUR ORDINANCE OF SABAH (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025