Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter VIIL
88. When unlawful assembly may be dispersed by use of civil force
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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
Magistrate
"Magistrate" means a Magistrate appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under the Subordinate Courts Act or under any written law;
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 -
Commissioner of Police
"Commissioner of Police" means the Commissioner of Police, Royal Brunei Police Force;
proceed to disperse such assembly by force; and
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.
Terms defined in s 2
Commissioner of Police
Defined · s 2"Commissioner of Police" means the Commissioner of Police, Royal Brunei Police Force;
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 District
Defined · s 2"Police District" means any area which has been constituted a police district by regulations made under the Royal Brunei Police Force Act, and unless and until districts are so constituted means an ordinary administrative district;
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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