100B. Interpretation

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appropriate authority” means the Government, a statutory authority or an approved educational institution;

“approved educational institution” means any institution or body declared as such by the Minister under section 100C;

“scholarship agreement” means any contract or agreement between an appropriate authority and any person (in this Act referred to as a scholar) with respect to, any scholarship, award, bursary, loan, sponsorship or appointment to a course of study, the provision of leave with or without pay, or any other facility, whether granted

Contracts directly by the appropriate authority, or by any other person or body, or by any government outside Brunei Darussalam, for the purpose of education or learning of any description;

“statutory authority” means a body corporate established by or under any written law to perform or discharge any public function;

“surety” means a person referred to as a surety, or as a guarantor, or by any other corresponding term, in a scholarship agreement.