Evidence Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Chapter XIII
Section 180
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
On the application of any party to any proceedings, the court or a Judge may order that such party be at liberty to inspect and take copies of any entries in a banker’s record for any of the purposes of such proceedings.
court
“court” includes all Judges and Magistrates and, except arbitrators, all persons legally authorised to take evidence;
Evidence 114 CAP.
evidence
“evidence” includes — (a) all statements which the court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry: such statements are called oral evidence; (b) all documents produced for the inspection of the court: such documents are called documentary evidence.
An order under this section may be made either with or without summoning the bank or any other party, and shall be served on the bank 3 clear days before the same is to be obeyed, unless the court or Judge otherwise directs.
bank
“bank” and “banker” means any company carrying on the business of banking in Brunei Darussalam under a licence granted any law relating to banking: “banker’s record” includes — (a) any document or record received or used in the ordinary business of a bank; and (b) any record so used which is kept otherwise than in a legible form and is capable of being reproduced in a legible form;
The costs of any application to the court or Judge under or for the purposes of this section, and the costs of anything done or to be done under an order of the court or Judge made under or for the purposes of this section, shall be in the discretion of the court or Judge, who may order the same or any part thereof to be paid to any party by the bank, where the same have been occasioned by default or delay on the part of the bank.
Any such order against a bank may be enforced as if the bank were a party to the proceedings.
Terms defined in this Act
bank
Defined · s 176“bank” and “banker” means any company carrying on the business of banking in Brunei Darussalam under a licence granted any law relating to banking: “banker’s record” includes — (a) any document or record received or used in the ordinary business of a bank; and (b) any record so used which is kept otherwise than in a legible form and is capable of being reproduced in a legible form;
banker
Defined · s 176“bank” and “banker” means any company carrying on the business of banking in Brunei Darussalam under a licence granted any law relating to banking: “banker’s record” includes — (a) any document or record received or used in the ordinary business of a bank; and (b) any record so used which is kept otherwise than in a legible form and is capable of being reproduced in a legible form;
court
Defined · s 3“court” includes all Judges and Magistrates and, except arbitrators, all persons legally authorised to take evidence;
evidence
Defined · s 3“evidence” includes — (a) all statements which the court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry: such statements are called oral evidence; (b) all documents produced for the inspection of the court: such documents are called documentary evidence.