38. If a protector has reasonable cause to believe that any child or young person —

has been brought into Brunei Darussalam after having been transferred for either valuable consideration, or by fraud, misrepresentation or any false pretence;

has been transferred to the care, custody or control of any person for valuable consideration, either within or outside Brunei

is being detained against his will by any person other than his guardian, he may either —

require any person in whose care or custody or under whose control the child or young person appears to be, to furnish him with copies of such child or young person’s and that person’s own photographs, and to furnish security to the satisfaction of the protector that such child or young person will not leave the District in which he then is without the previous written consent of the protector, and will not be transferred to the care, custody or control of any other person without the previous written consent of the protector, and that he will be produced before the protector whenever he so requires; or