Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter 111
18. Police officer bound to report certain matters
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Every police officer and every District Officer shall forthwith communicate to the nearest Magistrate or police officer in charge of a police station any information which he may have or obtain respecting -
police officer
"police officer" means any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and includes a special police officer when mobilised or deemed to be mobilised for active service and any person vested under any written law with the powers of a police officer;
the occurrence of any sudden or unnatural death or of any death under suspicious circumstances;
the finding of the dead body of any person without it being known how such person came by his death.
Terms defined in s 2
District Officer
Defined · s 2"District Officer" includes, where the context so permits, a Dato Penghulu, a Penghulu and a Ketua;
Magistrate
Defined · s 2"Magistrate" means a Magistrate appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under the Subordinate Courts Act or under any written law;
police officer
Defined · s 2"police officer" means any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and includes a special police officer when mobilised or deemed to be mobilised for active service and any person vested under any written law with the powers of a police officer;
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