Supplemental Contributory Pensions Trust Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Payments from Trust
25. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other written law —
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no amount payable by the employer as his contribution; and
employer
“employer” means the person with whom an employee has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship, and includes — (a) any person, company, association or body of persons, whether or not statutory or incorporated, by whom an employee is employed; (b) the owners of any vessel on which an employee is employed; (c) any manager, agent or person who is responsible for the payment of wages to an employee on behalf of an employer; (d) any foreign mission in Brunei Darussalam; (e) the Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees as may be declared by the Minister with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by notification published in the Gazette, to be employees for the purposes of this Act: Provided that no such officer or employee employed by or on behalf of the Government shall be personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done by him as an officer or employee of the Government in good faith;
no amount standing to the credit of a member of the Trust, shall be assignable, transferable, attached, sequestered or levied on for, or in respect of, any debt or claim and shall not be subjected to any set-off of any nature for any debt owing by the member and if the member is adjudicated a bankrupt by a court, it shall not pass to the Official Assignee on the bankruptcy of the member and is deemed not to form part of the property of the member.
member
“member” means a member of the Trust to whose credit any amount is standing in the Trust, and includes a self-employed person who contributes to the Trust voluntarily under section 9;
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Terms defined in s 2
employer
Defined · s 2“employer” means the person with whom an employee has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship, and includes — (a) any person, company, association or body of persons, whether or not statutory or incorporated, by whom an employee is employed; (b) the owners of any vessel on which an employee is employed; (c) any manager, agent or person who is responsible for the payment of wages to an employee on behalf of an employer; (d) any foreign mission in Brunei Darussalam; (e) the Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees as may be declared by the Minister with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by notification published in the Gazette, to be employees for the purposes of this Act: Provided that no such officer or employee employed by or on behalf of the Government shall be personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done by him as an officer or employee of the Government in good faith;
member
Defined · s 2“member” means a member of the Trust to whose credit any amount is standing in the Trust, and includes a self-employed person who contributes to the Trust voluntarily under section 9;
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