Interpretation and General Clauses Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
47. Act for which payment is required need not be performed till payment be made
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Whenever any person, public officer, public department or public body is required to do anything for which a fee is to be paid or a charge made under any written law, such person, officer, responsible officer of the public department or public body may decline to do that thing until the fee is paid or payment be made, and, where the precise amount of the payment to be made cannot be ascertained until the thing is done, until there be paid such an amount as may be estimated to be the correct amount by the person, officer, responsible officer of the department or public body required to do that thing.
person
“person” includes any company or association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate; and this interpretation applies notwithstanding that the word “person” occurs in a provision creating or relating to an offence or for the recovery of any fine or compensation;
Whenever a thing has been done for which an estimated amount shall have been paid, such amount shall be adjusted to the correct amount, either by means of a further payment or by a refund of the amount overpaid.
Terms defined in s 3
act
Defined · s 3“act”, used with reference to an offence or civil wrong, includes a series of acts, and words which refer to acts done extend to omissions;
person
Defined · s 3“person” includes any company or association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate; and this interpretation applies notwithstanding that the word “person” occurs in a provision creating or relating to an offence or for the recovery of any fine or compensation;
public body
Defined · s 3“public body” means any executive or legislative council, any Government department or undertaking, any local or public authority or undertaking, any board, commission, committee or other body, whether paid or unpaid, which is vested with, or is performing, whether permanently or temporarily, duties of a public nature;
public officer
Defined · s 3“public officer” means the holder of any public office and includes any person appointed to act in any such office;
written law
Defined · s 3“written law” includes all Acts, Proclamation and subsidiary legislation, or any part thereof, but does not include any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order of Her Britannic Majesty in Council, or any law which no authority in Brunei Darussalam is empowered to amend;