Maritime Offences (Ships and Fixed Platforms) Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Offences
10. Ancillary offences
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any act of violence done by any person in connection with an offence under section 5, 6, 7 or 8 committed or attempted to be committed by him is deemed to have been committed in Brunei Darussalam and shall constitute an offence punishable under the law in force in Brunei Darussalam applicable to it, wherever the act of violence was committed, whatever the state in which the ship concerned is registered (if any), and whatever the nationality or citizenship of the person committing or attempting to commit the act.
act of violence
“act of violence” means — (a) any act done in Brunei Darussalam which constitutes the offence of murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide, voluntarily causing grievous hurt, voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint, criminal intimidation, wrongful confinement or kidnapping; (b) carrying, possessing or having under control any arms, explosives or offensive weapons with the intention of committing an offence mentioned in paragraph (a); or (c) any act done outside Brunei Darussalam which, if done in Brunei Darussalam, would constitute an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);
Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 177 of the
Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 (S 27/2002).
Any person in Brunei Darussalam who abets the commission elsewhere of any act which would —
but for section 5(2), be an offence under that section;
but for section 7(5), be an offence under that section;
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but for section 8(6), be an offence under that section; or
but for section 9(4), be an offence under that section, is guilty of an offence.
Terms defined in s 2
act of violence
Defined · s 2“act of violence” means — (a) any act done in Brunei Darussalam which constitutes the offence of murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide, voluntarily causing grievous hurt, voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint, criminal intimidation, wrongful confinement or kidnapping; (b) carrying, possessing or having under control any arms, explosives or offensive weapons with the intention of committing an offence mentioned in paragraph (a); or (c) any act done outside Brunei Darussalam which, if done in Brunei Darussalam, would constitute an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);
ship
Defined · s 2“ship” means a vessel of any type whatsoever not permanently attached to the seabed or which has been withdrawn from navigation or laid up, including a dynamically supported craft, a submersible and any other floating craft;
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