30 Jan 2024
1. ) DATUK HAJI IDRIS BIN HAJI BUANG 2. ) DATUK SERI KAMARUDIN BIN AMBOK 1. ) KETUA PENTADBIR PARLIMEN MALAYSIA 2. ) KETUA PENGARAH PERKHIDMATAN AWAM, JABATAN PERKHIDMATAN AWAM MALAYSIA 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia
- Citation
- W-01(A)-75-02/2020 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
- Court
- A
- Case number
- W-01(A)-75-02/2020 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
The Court allowed the appeal: the Members of Parliament (Remuneration) Act 1980 does not, expressly or by necessary implication, permit orders made under it (paragraph 19A orders) to have retrospective effect; appellants held an accrued right to pensions proportionate to then-current parliamentary salaries which was protected by s30(1)(b) of the Interpretation Acts; therefore the 2015 Order could not operate retrospectively to 1 January 2014 and only took effect on the date of gazette (4 March 2015); the 2015 Amendment Act (primary legislation) did operate retrospectively to 1 January 2015 an…