Section 9
Compulsory retirement
of Pensions Act 1951 (Revised - 2022)
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, in the case of a Federal officer, and the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri, as the case may be, of the State in the case of a State officer, may require any officer to retire from the public service in the Federation—
(a)
upon attaining the age of fifty-five years;
(b)
on medical evidence to the satisfaction of the
Yang di-Pertuan Agong in the case of a Federal officer, or of the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri, as the case may be, of the State in the case of a State officer, that he is incapable of discharging the duties of his office, by reason of infirmity of mind or body likely to be permanent;
(c)
on the abolition of his office;
(d)
on the termination of his employment in the public interest;
or
(e)
for the purpose of facilitating improvement in the organization of the department to which he belongs by which greater efficiency or economy may be effected.