Halal Certificate and Halal Label Order, 2005

This Order may be cited as the Halal Certificate and Halal Label Order,

2005 and shall commence on a date to be appointed by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by notification published in the Gazette.

The long title of this Order is "An Order to provide for and regulate the issue of certificates and permits in respect of halal food and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto".

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires -

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"certificate" means the Halal Certificate issued under subsection (1) of section 6;

"certificate holder" means the holder of a certificate;

"Chief Inspector" means any person appointed under section 18 to be the

Chief Inspector;

"Committee" means the Halal Certificate and Halal Label Inspection

Committee established under section 13;

"food" includes chewing substances, medicine and any substance prepared, sold, distributed or represented for use, for human consumption and any ingredient thereof;

"Hukum Syara' " means the Laws of Islam in the Mazhab Syafie or in any other mazhabs which are approved by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang

Di-Pertuan to be in force in Brunei Darussalam;

"ingredient" includes an ingredient of an ingredient;

"label" means the Halal Label referred to in section 9;

"Majlis" means the Majlis Ugama Islam constituted under section 5 of the

Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act (Chapter 77);

"Minister" means the Minister of Religious Affairs;

"package" includes anything in which or any means by which any food is wholly or partly cased, covered, enclosed, contained, placed or otherwise packed, and includes a basket, pail, bottle, tray or receptacle of any kind, whether open or closed;

"permit" means a permit issued under this Order;

"permit holder" means the holder of a permit;

"place" means any premises, building, room, erection and any defined or enclosed area or other structure, whether permanent or otherwise, and includes a vehicle;

"place of business" means any place where trade is carried on and includes-

{a)

any place for the display, storage or packing/ of food, whether cooked or not, intended for human consumption, by way of trade or for purposes of gain or distribution;

{b)

any place at which, or within the curtilage or precincts of which, any manual labour is exercised or any plant or machinery is operated, for the preparation or manufacture of food, by way of trade or for purposes of gain or distribution;

"prepare 11 includes manufacture, processing and any form of treatment;

"substance" includes liquid;

"vehicle" includes trailer, vessel, aircraft and bicycle.