Disaster Management Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Powers
30. General powers of Director
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Director may do all of the following —
Director
“Director” means the Director of the Centre referred to in section 16(2);
control the movement of persons, animals or vehicles within, into, out of or around the declared area for the disaster situation;
give a direction to any person to regulate the movement of that person, an animal or a vehicle within, into, out of or around the declared area;
evacuate persons or animals from the declared area or a part of the area;
enter a place in the declared area;
take into a place in the declared area the equipment, persons or materials that he reasonably requires for exercising a power under this section;
contain any animal or substance within the declared area;
remove or destroy any animal, vegetation or substance within the declared area;
remove, dismantle, demolish or destroy any vehicle, or any building or other structure, in the declared area;
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use, close off or block a facility for drainage;
shut off or disconnect a supply of fuel, gas, electricity or water, and take and use the fuel, gas, electricity or water;
turn off, disconnect or shut down any motor or equipment;
open a container or other thing, or dismantle equipment;
excavate land or form tunnels;
build earthworks or temporary structures, or erect barriers;
close to traffic any road;
maintain, restore, or prevent destruction of, essential services;
require any person to give him reasonable help to exercise his powers under this section.
The Director may enter any place in the declared area without a warrant or the consent of the occupier of that place.
The Director may exercise a power under this section with the help, and using the force, that is reasonable in the circumstances.
When giving a direction or making a requirement mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (q), the Director shall warn that person that it is an offence to fail to comply with that direction or requirement unless he has a reasonable excuse.
Terms defined in s 2
declared area
Defined · s 2“declared area” means Brunei Darussalam or, if the disaster situation is declared for a part of Brunei Darussalam, that part;
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of the Centre referred to in section 16(2);
disaster management
Defined · s 2“disaster management” has the meaning ascribed to it by section 5;
disaster situation
Defined · s 2“disaster situation” means a disaster situation declared under section 22;
vehicle
Defined · s 2“vehicle” means anything used for carrying anything or any person by land, water or air.