Pensions Act · s 14
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Open the official texts 14Pensions etc. may cease on conviction
If any person to whom a pension or other allowance has been granted under this Act is sentenced to death or a term of imprisonment by any competent court for any offence, such pension or allowance shall, if the
Minister of Finance, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan* so directs, cease from such date as he determines.
If any person is sentenced as aforesaid after retirement in circumstances in which he is eligible for pension or allowance under the Act but before the pension or allowance is granted, then the provisions of subsection (1) shall apply as respects any pension or allowance which may be granted to him.
Where a pension or allowance ceases by reason of this section, it shall be lawful for the Minister of Finance, with the approval of His
Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan*, to direct all or any part of the moneys to which such person would have been entitled by way of pension or allowance had he not been sentenced as aforesaid to be paid, or applied, in the same manner in all respects as prescribed in section 13, and the moneys shall be paid or applied accordingly.
If the person after conviction at any time receives a free pardon, the pension or allowance shall be restored with retrospective effect;
* Transferred from His Majesty in Council to the Minister of Finance, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, with effect from 1st January 1984 — [S 36/1984]
Pensions but in determining whether arrears of such pension or allowance are payable to the person and in computing the amount thereof, account shall be taken of all moneys paid or applied under subsection (3).
Pensions etc. may cease on accepting certain appointments.