International Banking Order, 2000 · As enacted
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Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An institution which desires to carry on international banking business or international Islamic banking business in or from within Brunei Darussalam shall, in the prescribed form, make an application to the Authority for a .licence, such application to contain or be accompanied by the prescribed application fee and-
institution
"institution" means a company incorporated or registered under the Companies Act, an international business company or a foreign international company;
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{a} the name of the institution, the names and home addresses of the directors and a copy of the Memorandum of Association and
Articles of Association or other instrument under which the institution is incorporated or constituted;
{b) the identities of every person (if not referred to above} who is to be a director or controller of the institution or a manager of its business;
director
"director" includes any person occupying the position of director of a comp{lny, by whatever name called, and includes an alternate or substitute director;
{c)
a copy of the audited financial statements and annual report of the institution for the three years preceding the application or such lesser period as the Authority may agree to where such accounts and reports are unavailable;
the Authority
"the Authority" means such person or body as is appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to be the Authority for the purposes of this Order;
{d)
particulars of any name (other than that of the institution itself)
under which it proposes to carry on its business;
{e)
an undertaking appropriate to the class of licence sought in a form acceptable to the Authority which may impose different undertakings for different circumstances as to the persons or description of persons (subject to section 2(5) of this Order being in either case persons not resident in Brunei Darussalam) to or for whom the institution proposes to provide international banking business, and as to the service and activities proposed to be offered to and with such persons;
(fJ a business plan in respect of the first three years of activities proposed under the license sought;
{g) where applicable, the written approval of the home authority;
{h) such other documents, if any, as may be prescribed.
Terms defined in s 2
banking business
Defined · s 2"banking business", in relation to an institution, includes the taking of deposits from the public in the form of current or savings accounts and the granting of credits, and without limitation includes the issue of credit cards, money collections and transmissions, foreign exchange transactions, the issue of guarantees, trade finance, development finance and sectoral credits, consumer credit, investment banking and Islamic banking business, broking and risk management services whether such business is in any case conducted by conventional practices or using Internet or other electronic technology and includes electronic banking; 1043 29th. JUNE, 2000
director
Defined · s 2"director" includes any person occupying the position of director of a comp{lny, by whatever name called, and includes an alternate or substitute director;
institution
Defined · s 2"institution" means a company incorporated or registered under the Companies Act, an international business company or a foreign international company;
the Authority
Defined · s 2"the Authority" means such person or body as is appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to be the Authority for the purposes of this Order;