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Employee Trust Act Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act
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Employee Trust Act Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act

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Preliminary

1Citation
2Interpretation
3Repealed
3ARepealed
4Repealed
5Appointment of inspectors
5ARepealed
5BPower to examine persons
5CPower to assess contributions based on information available
5DPowers of Managing Director to require information and application for search warrant

Contributions to Trust

6Establishment of Employee Trust
7Rate of contributions
8Payment of contributions
9Recovery by employer of employee’s contributions
10Payment of service charge on contributions in arrears
11
12
13Repealed
14Contributions to be paid into Fund
15Crediting of contributions into an ordinary account
15A
15BBoard to maintain approved scheme
16Payment of cash grant by Government into Trust

Withdrawal of Contributions

17Authority for withdrawals from Trust
18Amount of withdrawals
19Release of employer’s share of contributions
19AThe Board may, after receiving a notification under section 19 —
20Withdrawals
20AWhere a member who has attained the age of 55 years has not made any application for withdrawal under section 20 and continues to pay month...
21Board to inform Probate Officer
22Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other written law —

Offences, Penalties and Proceedings

23Offences
24Publication of information to unauthorised person
24A
25Offences by bodies corporate etc.
26Penalties
27Sanction for prosecution
28Compounding of offences
29Saving for criminal proceedings
30Certificate of authorised officer to be evidence
31Conduct of prosecutions
31ACivil proceedings to recover contributions
31BJoint and several liability on directors etc.

General

32Protection of employee’s interest in execution proceedings and sale under mortgage or charge
32ARepealed
33Power to exempt
34Repealed
35Repealed
36Transfer to Trust from private provident fund
37Board may engage in activities not directly related to Trust and may call for information
37A
37B
37CAny sum due to the Trust, including any sum required by the Board or ordered by a court to be paid, repaid, refunded or transferred to any...
37D
37E
37F
37GWhere a member dies without having made any nomination, the
38Regulations and rules

Employee Trust Act Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Preliminary

Section 3A

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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

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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
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Trust
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“Trust” means the Employee Trust established under section 6(1);
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