Employee Trust Act Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · General
Section 37F
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to subsection (2), where a member dies having nominated an administrator nominee, the Board shall pay the amount standing to the credit of the deceased member according to the directions of the nominations.
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 a
Muslim member dies having nominated an administrator nominee in accordance with this Act, the administrator nominee shall receive the amount standing to the credit of the deceased member as an executor and not solely as a beneficiary and shall distribute the amount in accordance with Hukum Syara’.
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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
In this section, “Hukum Syara’ ” means the laws of Islam according to the Shafi’ee, Hanafi, Maliki or Hanbali sect of Ahlis Sunnah
Waljamaah.
Payment on death of member if there is no nomination [S 10/2024]
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;