Section 21: Retirement age of academic staff

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Pensions Reform Act, the compulsory retirement age of an academic staff in the professorial cadre of a University shall be 70 years, and other academic staff is 60 years.
(2) A law or rule requiring a person to retire from the public service after serving for 35 years or 65 years whichever comes first shall not apply to an academic staff of the University. [Act No. 4, 2004]