Skip to content
In force1984 Revised Edition

Section 9

(1)

A diplomatic agent or consular officer of any

State may, if authorised to do so under the laws of that

State, administer oaths, take affidavits and do notarial acts

(a)

required by a person for use in that State or underthelawsthereof;or

(b)

otherwise required by a national of that

State but not for use in Brunei except under the laws of some other country.

7

Detention on board ship for disciplin-ary offences

Ship and air-craft belong-ing to a State

Right of di-plomatic agents and consular officers to administer oaths and do notorial acts in certain cases

8

.Cap. 117

Evidence

Application of specified

Articles in the Vienna

Convention on Diploma-tic Relations 1961

Consular Relations

(2)

His Majesty may by Order published in the Gov-ernment Gazette exclude or restrict the provisions of subsec-tion (1) in relation to the diplomatic agents or consular officers of any State in Brunei if it appears to him that in any territory of that State diplomatic agents or consular officers of Brunei are not permitted to perform functions corres-ponding in nature and extent to those authorised by that subsection.

(3)

In this section "diplomatic agent" has the same meaning as in the Diplomatic Privileges (Vienna Conven-tion) Act.

Report