Akta Pencen Pihak Berkuasa Berkanun Dan Tempatan 1980

20 Laws Of Malaysia A CT 239 (2) Where a pensionable employee who is below the age of forty-five years in the case of a female employee and fifty years in the case of a male employee is appointed by or with the approval of the Government to serve in any organization on or after 17 March 1986 on the same terms and conditions of service as in the New Scheme he may be granted a pension, gratuity or other benefit on attaining the age of sixty years if he has served in such organization or any of its subsidiaries for a continuous period of not less than five years from the date of his leaving the service of the statutory or local authority, and in such case, any period of such service under the same terms and conditions of service as in the New Scheme with the organization or any of its subsidiaries may be reckoned for the purpose of granting the pension, gratuity or other benefit to the employee. (2 A ) Where an employee referred to in subsection (2) who was appointed before 1 January 2012 had been given an option before such date and had not opted for the compulsory age of retirement of sixty years, subsection (2) shall apply to him with the words „fifty five‟ or „fifty-six‟ or „fifty-eight‟, as the case may be, being substituted for the word „sixty‟. (3) In the case of a pensionable employee to whom subsection (2) does not apply, he may be granted a pension, gratuity or other benefit on attaining the age of forty-five years in the case of a female employee or fifty years in the case of a male employee if he has served in the organization or any of its subsidiaries or the international organization to which he was appointed by or with the approval of the Government for a continuous period of not less than five years from the date of his leaving the service of the statutory or local authority or until the age of forty-five years or fifty years, as the case may be, whichever is the earlier. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) where the service of the employee is terminated by the organization or any of its subsidiaries or the international organization to which he was appointed by or with the approval of the Government on grounds of retrenchment or ill health, or where the contract is not renewed in respect of his appointment in the international organization, he may be granted a pension, gratuity or other benefit.