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Application of Laws Act

How English common law, equity and general statutes apply

Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged

s 1Citation

This Act may be cited as the Application of Laws Act.

s 2Application of common law, doctrines of equity and statutes of general application

Subject to the provisions of this Act and save in so far as other provision has been or may hereafter be made by any written law in force in

Brunei Darussalam, the common law of England and the doctrines of equity, together with statutes of general application, as administered or in force in

England at the commencement of this Act, shall be in force in Brunei

Darussalam:

Provided that the said common law, doctrines of equity and statutes of general application shall be in force in Brunei Darussalam so far only as the circumstances of Brunei Darussalam and of its inhabitants permit and subject to such qualifications as local circumstances and customs render necessary.

Crown Proceedings Act, 1947 of the United Kingdom. [S 58/04]

s 3For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the Crown

Proceedings Act, 1947 of the United Kingdom is not and has never been in force in Brunei Darussalam.