Malaysia legislation

Section 2

of PENSIONS ACT 1951 (REVISED - 2022)

Section 2

Interpretation

(a)

an officer in the service of the Government of the

Federation whose conditions of employment do not involve a liability to serve under the Government of a

State; and

(b)

an officer in the service of the Government of the Federation or of the Government of a State whose conditions of employment involve liability to serve under one or more of the Governments of a State;

“Federation” means the Federation established in accordance with the Federation of Malaya Agreement 1957;

“last drawn salary” means the last drawn monthly salary payable in accordance with the salary scales under the revision of salaries and terms and conditions of service pursuant to the recommendations of the Report of the Cabinet Committee of 1977, or any changes of salary scales under any revision thereafter;

“officer” means a Federal or State officer and includes a police officer of any rank;

“other public service” means public service not under the

Government of the Federation or under the Government of any

State in the Federation;

“pensionable officer” means an officer who has been emplaced on the pensionable establishment or deemed to have been so emplaced;

“public service” means service in a civil capacity under the

Government of the Federation, or any State Government in the

Federation, in any statutory or local authority or in such other service as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may determine to be “public service” for the purpose of this Act;

“public service in the Federation” means public service under the

Government of the Federation or any State Government or service in any statutory or local authority or such other service as the

Yang di-Pertuan Agong may determine to be “public service in the Federation” for the purpose of this Act;

“salary” means—

(a)

in respect of public service in the Federation a monthly salary payable in accordance with the salary scale attached to the office in which an officer is serving or has served together with any pensionable allowance; and

(b)

in respect of other public service, emoluments which count for pension in accordance with the law or regulations in force for such service;

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“State officer” means an officer in the service of the Government of a State whose conditions of employment involve liability to serve only in that State;

“statutory or local authority” means a statutory or local authority within the purview of the revision of salaries and terms and conditions of service in statutory and local authorities pursuant to the recommendations of the Royal Commission appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

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