Criminal Procedure Code · s 88

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s 88When unlawful assembly may be dispersed by use of civil force

If upon being so commanded, any such assembly does not disperse, or if, without having been commanded to disperse, it conducts itself in such a manner as to show a determination not to disperse, a Magistrate, the

Commissioner of Police or any police officer not below the rank of Inspector or officer in charge of a police district or police station may -

(a)

proceed to disperse such assembly by force; and

(b)

require the assistance of any male person, not being an officer, soldier, sailor or airman of the Royal Brunei Armed

Forces or of any armed forces lawfully serving within Brunei

Darussalam, for the purpose of dispersing such assembly,

a and if necessary arresting and confining the persons who form part of it in order to disperse such assembly or that they may be punished according to law.