Section 2

In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context —“contributor” means and includes every person from whose salary or pension deductions are made in accordance with this Act;“the Directors” means such persons not less than 3 in number as are appointed by the Minister to carry out the provisions of this Act subject to the control of, and to rules for their guidance made by, the President;“entitled officer” means an entitled officer, as defined in any of the written laws specified in the first column of the Second Schedule, who retires under the provisions of such written law specified in the second column of that Schedule;“of a pensionable age”, as applied to children, means, in the case of a male, that he is under the age of 21 years, and, in the case of a female, that she is under the age of 21 years and has not been married;“officer on the Malayan Establishment” means an officer whom the President has by notification in the Gazette declared to be on the Malayan Establishment;“Pension Fund” means the Pension Fund established by the Pension Fund Act 1995;“public servant” means an officer holding a pensionable office or an officer serving on probation or on agreement in a pensionable office, in the service of the Government, but does not include an officer —