Section 15
Pension or gratuity not to be paid under certain circumstances
—
(1)
No pension or gratuity shall be granted under these Regulations to any person who has become disqualified from being a Member of Dewan Undangan
Negeri under circumstances described in Article 17(1)(e) or (g) of the State
Constitution.
(2)
Where any person to whom a pension has been granted under these
Regulations has become disqualified from being a Member of Dewan Undangan
Negeri under circumstances described in paragraph (1), the pension shall forthwith cease:
Provided that the pension shall be restored with retrospective effect in the case of a person whose disqualification under Article 17(1)(e) of the State Constitution is removed by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri.
(3)
No pension or gratuity shall be granted under these Regulations to any person who has held office of Political Secretary whilst not being then concurrently a Member of Dewan Undangan Negeri if:
(a)
he has been convicted of an offence by a court of law in Malaysia and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or to a fine of not less than two thousand ringgit and has not received a free pardon; or
(b)
he has voluntarily acquired citizenship of, or exercised rights of citizenship in, any country outside Malaysia or has made declaration of allegiance to any country outside Malaysia.
18
(4)
A pension granted under these Regulations to a person who has held the office of Political Secretary whilst not being then concurrently a member of
Dewan Undangan Negeri shall forthwith cease if—
(a)
he has been convicted of an offence by a court of law in Malaysia and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or to a fine of not less than two thousand ringgit and has not received a free pardon; or
(b)
he has voluntarily acquired citizenship of, or exercised rights of citizenship in, any country outside Malaysia or has made declaration of allegiance to any country outside Malaysia.