Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 8
325A. Conditional discharge of person who has been of unsound mind
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Whenever the Permanent Secretary to the Office of the Prime
Minister* orders the discharge of a person confined under the provisions of section 247, 317, 321 or under the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful for him to make the discharge conditional upon the compliance by the person with such conditions relating to the further medical observation, care, control or supervision of that person as he may consider desirable in the interest of that person or in the public interest and the contravention of any such condition by that person shall constitute an offence punishable with a fine of $8,000.
fine
"fine" includes any fine, pecuniary penalty or forfeiture or compensation adjudged upon any conviction of any crime or offence or for the breach of any written law for the time being in force by any Court in Brunei Darussalam;
a
Upon conviction of that person of an offence under subsection (I), the Magistrate may, if he has any reason to believe that there has been a relapse in the mental condition of that person, in lieu of or in addition to any penalty under subsection (I), order that person to be confined in prison, hospital or in such place as the Magistrate shall think fit.
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any other written law for the time being in force…
When any person is confined under the provisions of subsection (2), he shall be visited by two medical officers who shall make a
Transferred from the Minister of Law to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, with effect from 26th July 1983 -
p 37/1999]
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Criminal Procedure Code report to the Permanent Secretary to the Office of the Prime Minister* on the state of mind of that person.
Upon the receipt of a report under subsection (3), the
Permanent Secretary to the Office of the Prime Minister* may, if the medical officers so recommend, revoke the order by which that person was discharged whereupon that person shall be liable to be dealt with in like manner as if he had never been discharged or shall order that person be discharged.
Chapter JZ7.I
Proceedings in case of certain offences affecting administration of justice
Terms defined in s 2
fine
Defined · s 2"fine" includes any fine, pecuniary penalty or forfeiture or compensation adjudged upon any conviction of any crime or offence or for the breach of any written law for the time being in force by any Court in Brunei Darussalam;
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;
offence
Defined · s 2"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any other written law for the time being in force…
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