Companies Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Enforcement and General Provisions
Section 312A
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An officer of a corporation who, with intent to deceive, makes or furnishes, or knowingly and wilfully authorises or permits the making or furnishing of, any false or misleading statement or report to -
officer
"officer", in relation to a corporation, includes - (a) any director or secretary of the corporation or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation; @) a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and (c) any liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up, but does not include - (i) any receiver who is not also a manager; (ii) any receiver and manager appointed by the Court; (iii) any liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; and (iv) an Executive Manager appointed by the Minister under section 230(1) of the Insolvency Order, 2016 (S 112016);
a director, auditor, member, debenture holder or trustee for debenture holders of the corporation; or
in the case of a corporation that is a subsidiary, an auditor of the holding company, relating to the affairs of the corporation, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
corporation
"corporation" means any body corporate formed, incorporated or existing in Brunei Darussalam or outside Brunei Darussalam and includes any company to which Part 9 applies and any limited liability partnership but does not include - (a) any body corporate incorporated in Brunei Darussalam which is by notification published in the Gazette declared to be a public body or agency of the Government or a body corporate which is not incorporated for commercial purposes; (b) any corporation sole; (c) any co-operative society; (d) any registered trade union;
In subsection (I), "officer" includes a person who at any time has been an officer of the corporation.
Terms defined in s 2
corporation
Defined · s 2"corporation" means any body corporate formed, incorporated or existing in Brunei Darussalam or outside Brunei Darussalam and includes any company to which Part 9 applies and any limited liability partnership but does not include - (a) any body corporate incorporated in Brunei Darussalam which is by notification published in the Gazette declared to be a public body or agency of the Government or a body corporate which is not incorporated for commercial purposes; (b) any corporation sole; (c) any co-operative society; (d) any registered trade union;
debenture
Defined · s 2"debenture" includes debenture stock, bonds and any other securities of a company whether constituting a charge on the assets of the company or not;
director
Defined · s 2"director" includes any person occupying the position of director of a corporation by whatever name called and includes a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of a Companies corporation are accustomed to act and an alternate or substitute director;
officer
Defined · s 2"officer", in relation to a corporation, includes - (a) any director or secretary of the corporation or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation; @) a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and (c) any liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up, but does not include - (i) any receiver who is not also a manager; (ii) any receiver and manager appointed by the Court; (iii) any liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; and (iv) an Executive Manager appointed by the Minister under section 230(1) of the Insolvency Order, 2016 (S 112016);