Section 37G
Where a member dies without having made any nomination, the
of Employee Trust Act ( Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act )
Board shall pay any amount standing to the credit of the deceased member in accordance with section 21.
Regulations and rules 38.
(1)
The Minister may, after consultation with the Board and with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations —
(a)
to provide for the manner of payment and collections of contributions and any matter incidental thereto, including by electronics or other means;
(b)
to provide for the disposal of amounts which are unclaimed, unpaid or otherwise remain in the Trust;
(c)
to provide for the classification of any employment, not being employment under a contract of service or apprenticeship, as an employment in respect of which contributions are payable under the provisions of this Act;
(d)
to provide that where an employee is employed in a specified employment, a person specified as the principal employer is deemed to be his employer for the purposes of this Act notwithstanding that the principal employer is not the immediate employer of the employee;
(e)
to require such person as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan may specify who derives income from any trade, business, profession or vocation, or from any other source or sources as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may prescribe, to contribute to the Trust in respect of such income in such a manner and at such rate as may be prescribed by His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan;
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(f)
to provide for member to apply, assign or withdraw all or part of the contributions and dividend standing to their credit in the
Trust for the purchase of immovable property or to repay any loan taken to finance or re-finance the purchase of immovable property including the payment of costs, fees or other incidental expenses incurred for the purchase of an immovable property or for obtaining any loan to finance or re-finance such purchase or in connection with withdrawals of any money from the Trust;
(g)
to prescribe rates of contributions for the purposes of this
Act;
(h)
generally for giving effect to the objects and purposes of this Act and for the due administration thereof.
(2)
The Board may, in addition to the other duties imposed and powers conferred upon it under this Act, make rules —
(a)
to provide for —
(i)
the return of contributions under this Act, or any part of such contributions, paid in error; and
(ii)
the payment of contributions under this Act, or of any part of such contributions, omitted to be paid in error;
(b)
to provide for the keeping of books, accounts or records by employers;
(ba) to provide for the registration with the Board of employers and employees;
(c)
to provide for the appointment of medical boards for the purpose of determining whether a member is physically or mentally incapacitated;
(d)
to prescribe the procedure for the withdrawal of amounts from the Trust;
(e)
to prescribe the evidence to be produced and the person, officer or authority to whom the evidence is to be produced for the purposes of section 17;
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(f)
to prescribe the procedure to be followed when contributions are paid into the Trust;
(g)
to provide, in case where an employee is employed concurrently by two or more employers, the extent of the obligation of those employers as to payment of contributions under this Act;
(h)
to prescribe the form and period of any notice to be given by an employee to his employer under section 7;
(i)
to prescribe the procedure to be followed when any voluntary contribution is paid to the Trust;
(j)
to prescribe the returns to be made and the forms and registers to be used in the carrying out of the provisions of this Act;
(ja)
to prescribe fees;
(k)
to prescribe anything which under this Act may be prescribed by the Board; and
(l)
generally for giving effect to the objects and purposes of this Act and for the due administration thereof.