International Transfer of Prisoners Act · 2011 Revised Edition · Part · Transfer from Brunei Darussalam
12. Foreign prisoners
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In this Part, “foreign prisoner” means a prisoner who —
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person who has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment in Brunei Darussalam or in any designated country;
is not a citizen of Brunei Darussalam;
is a citizen of, is ordinarily resident in or appears to the
Minister to have close ties with, a designated country;
has been convicted and sentenced in Brunei Darussalam to —
a term of imprisonment of which the unexpired portion at the time of the application for transfer is made under section 13(2) is not less than 6 months (including period of remission); or
imprisonment
“imprisonment” includes — (a) detention of a child or young person in a place of detention referred to in section 51 of the Children and Young Persons Act; (b) detention or confinement following an order issued pursuant to section 317 or 321 of the Criminal Procedure Code; or (c) any other similar form of restraint of liberty that applies in a designated country, but does not include, in Brunei Darussalam, any person detained under the Internal Security Act, the Criminal Law (Preventive Detention) Act or any other written law relating to preventive detention;
an indeterminate period of imprisonment; and
has not been convicted and sentenced for an offence against
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, His Successors,
His Consort or other members of the Royal Family.
Terms defined in s 2
designated country
Defined · s 2“designated country” means a country designated in accordance with section 3(1);
imprisonment
Defined · s 2“imprisonment” includes — (a) detention of a child or young person in a place of detention referred to in section 51 of the Children and Young Persons Act; (b) detention or confinement following an order issued pursuant to section 317 or 321 of the Criminal Procedure Code; or (c) any other similar form of restraint of liberty that applies in a designated country, but does not include, in Brunei Darussalam, any person detained under the Internal Security Act, the Criminal Law (Preventive Detention) Act or any other written law relating to preventive detention;
prisoner
Defined · s 2“prisoner” means any person who has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment in Brunei Darussalam or in any designated country;
transfer
Defined · s 2“transfer” means transfer of a prisoner — (a) from a designated country to Brunei Darussalam; or (b) from Brunei Darussalam to a designated country.
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