Employee Trust Act Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Offences, Penalties and Proceedings
Section 24A
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An amount withdrawn by any member of the Trust under this Act shall be utilised for the purpose for which the withdrawal was authorised.
member
“member” means a member of the Trust to whose credit any amount is standing in the Trust, or for whom any account in the Trust is maintained for any purposes of this Act;
Where all of the amount withdrawn under this Act or any part of the amount is not utilised for the purpose for which such withdrawal was authorised, the member of the Trust shall return all the amount or the part which is not utilised to the Board within 6 months from the date of withdrawal.
For the purpose of subsection (2), “date of withdrawal” means the date of withdrawal as provided in section 20.
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employee
“employee” means any person being a citizen or permanent resident of Brunei Darussalam, who is employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship or other agreement to work for an employer: Provided that the Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by an order signified in the Gazette, declare any person or class of person not to be an employee for the purposes of this Act; Employee Trust 8
Any member of the Trust who contravenes subsections (1)
and (2) is guilty of an offence.
Terms defined in s 2
Board
Defined · s 2“Board” means the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board established under section 3 of the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board Act;
employee
Defined · s 2“employee” means any person being a citizen or permanent resident of Brunei Darussalam, who is employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship or other agreement to work for an employer: Provided that the Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by an order signified in the Gazette, declare any person or class of person not to be an employee for the purposes of this Act; Employee Trust 8
member
Defined · s 2“member” means a member of the Trust to whose credit any amount is standing in the Trust, or for whom any account in the Trust is maintained for any purposes of this Act;
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