Geneva Convention Order, 2005 · s 8

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8. (1) In any case in which a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the
Minister may direct that there shall be deducted from that term a period, not exceeding the period (if any) during which that person was in custody in connection with that offence, either on remand or after committal for trial
(including the period of the trial), before the sentence began to run.
(2) In any case where the Minister is satisfied that a protected prisoner of war accused of an offence has been in custody in connection with that offence, either on remand or after committal for trial (including the period of the trial), for

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE an aggregate period of not less than 3 months, he may direct that the prisoner be transferred from that custody to the custody of an officer of the Royal Brunei
Armed Forces and thereafter remain in military custody at a place in which protected prisoners of war are detained, and be brought before the court at the time appointed by the remand or committal order.

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s 8

(1)

In any case in which a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the

Minister may direct that there shall be deducted from that term a period, not exceeding the period (if any) during which that person was in custody in connection with that offence, either on remand or after committal for trial

(including the period of the trial), before the sentence began to run.

(2)

In any case where the Minister is satisfied that a protected prisoner of war accused of an offence has been in custody in connection with that offence, either on remand or after committal for trial (including the period of the trial), for

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE an aggregate period of not less than 3 months, he may direct that the prisoner be transferred from that custody to the custody of an officer of the Royal Brunei

Armed Forces and thereafter remain in military custody at a place in which protected prisoners of war are detained, and be brought before the court at the time appointed by the remand or committal order.