The Establishment Department (now Civil Service Department) Circular No. 7, 1990 dated
28 February 1990 ensures that all government department are directed to submit all
application for retirement of officers and personnel a year prior to the date of
retirement and every application for pension and gratuity should be submitted to the
Treasury Department for examination and auditing by the Auditor-General. The same
procedure also applies to the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.
Accordingly, all applications submitted to the Treasury will be forwarded to the Pensions
and Gratuity Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Finance for consideration and
recommendation prior to submission for approval from His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam.
The Advisory Committee is appointed by the command of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam and chaired by the Minister of Finance and 5 other
members comprising of :
- Deputy Minister of Finance
- Permanent Secretary of Minsitry of Finance
- Director of Financial Services
- Director-General of Public Service
- Auditor-General
Computation of Pension and Gratuity has 5 categories :
- Pensions and Gratuity for public servants reaching the retirement age of 55 years.
- Computation of Pensions and Gratuity and Settlement Allowance for officers and personnel
of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. Officers and personnel of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces
are allowed to retire upon termination of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of service.
- Computation of Gratuity for female officers upon marriage are entitled to receive
gratuities only. However, female graduates are excluded from this category. They are
placed on a permanent establishment upon appointment to a post in the Government of His
Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam.
- Computation of Pension and Gratuity for officers and personnel who are deceased will be
divided into : 50% to spouse or spouses and 50% to the children. When the deceased's widow
remarries, entitlement to his pension will be granted and equaly divided between his
children below the age of 21 as supplementary benefit besides entitlement to pension
received.
- Computation of Pension and Gratuity for officers and personnel upon early retirement.
Application for early retirement for males reaching the age of 50 and females reaching the
age of 45 are permissible.
