Matters Relating to Leave Enjoyment of a Service Personnel Who is Likely to Apply for Invalid Pension

Matters Relating to Leave Enjoyment of a Service Personnel Who is Likely
to Apply for Invalid Pension

95. When a sick service personnel has had a medical checkup, if the relevant doctor or the medical board has remarked that there is no reasonable prospect that the service personnel will be fit to return to duty, invalid pension shall be granted. If there are leave remaining in the leave record of that service personnel:
(a) if the relevant doctor or medical board remarks that the service personnel may not be fit to resume his duties, the service personnel:
(i) shall be granted an invalid pension at the end of leave period, if he takes a medical checkup while on leave;
(ii) shall be granted an invalid pension from the commencing date on which the relevant doctor or medical board informs or signs the medical certificate, if he takes a medical checkup while on duty.
(b) the service personnel who is remarked by the relevant doctor or medical board that he may not be fit to resume his duty, as a special case, may be granted the earned leave in combination of the medical leave or only the medical leave not more than six months, if it is inline with any of the following facts and has the sufficient leave:
(i) the reason of the sickness is due to the performance of the duty;
(ii) the service personnel has enjoyed only a few days leave during the entire service in comparison with other service personnel;
(iii) another one year of term of service is about to reach soon.

Leave Without Pay

96. Leave without pay is a leave granted when there is no other kind of leave remaining in the leave record or the service personnel applies for leave without pay in writing in spite of the other kinds of leave are remaining in the leave record.

97. Leave without pay may be granted in continuation to other kinds of leave.

98. The person authorized to grant leave may regard the absence without leave as leave without pay if there is sufficient and acceptable reason according to the cause.It shall be stated the reason. Ordinarily, leave without pay shall not be regarded as a disciplinary penalty.

100. All the benefits for a service personnel shall not be entitled during the period of leave without pay. However if leave without pay is taken for an illness or any unavoidable reason, only leave salary cause to be affected for the period of leave without pay but not to the other service personnel’s entitlements.