Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · s 94

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94.
Returns of births and deaths in ships etc.
(1)
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan, make regulations
(a} requiring the master of any ship to make a return to the Director of any birth or death occurring in the ship;
(b) requiring the master of any ship to conduct an inquiry to determine the nature and cause and make a report to the Director of any death occurring in the ship and, wherever occurring outside Brunei
Darussalam, of any person employed on the ship, and to notify any such death to such person (if any) as the deceased may have named as his next of kin; and
(c) requiring the master of any ship not registered in Brunei
Darussalam which calls at any port in Brunei Darussalam in the course of or at the end of a voyage to make a return to the Director of any birth or death of a citizen of Brunei Darussalam which has occurred in the ship during the voyage.
(2)
Regulations made under this section may require the Director to send a certified copy of any return made thereunder to the Registrar of Births and Deaths.
(3)
The Registrar of Births and Deaths to whom any such certified copies are sent-
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(a} shall maintain the copies in a register kept by him for the purpose and to be called the marine register; and
(b) may also record in that register such additional information as appears to him desirable for the purpose of ensuring the completeness and correctness of the register, and the provisions of any written law relating to the registration of births and deaths shall have effect with such modifications as are appropriate and so far as those provisions may be complied with in the circumstances as if the marine register were a register of births (other than still-births) or deaths, except that it shall not be necessary for any person to sign the register as an informant.
(4)
Regulations made under this section may contain provisions for authorising the registration of the following births and deaths occurring outside
Brunei Darussalam in circumstances where no return is required to be made under subsection (1) -
(a)
any birth or death of a citizen of Brunei Darussalam which occurs in a ship not registered in Brunei Darussalam;
(b) any death of a citizen of Brunei Darussalam who has been employed on such a ship which occurs elsewhere than in the ship.
(5)
Any person who, being required under the regulations made under this section to make a return of any birth or death or a report on the inquiry into the cause of any death, furnishes as true any information in the return or report which he knows or has reason to believe to be false shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a nne not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.

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s 94Returns of births and deaths in ships etc.

(1)

The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang

Di-Pertuan, make regulations

(a} requiring the master of any ship to make a return to the Director of any birth or death occurring in the ship;

(b)

requiring the master of any ship to conduct an inquiry to determine the nature and cause and make a report to the Director of any death occurring in the ship and, wherever occurring outside Brunei

Darussalam, of any person employed on the ship, and to notify any such death to such person (if any) as the deceased may have named as his next of kin; and

(c)

requiring the master of any ship not registered in Brunei

Darussalam which calls at any port in Brunei Darussalam in the course of or at the end of a voyage to make a return to the Director of any birth or death of a citizen of Brunei Darussalam which has occurred in the ship during the voyage.

(2)

Regulations made under this section may require the Director to send a certified copy of any return made thereunder to the Registrar of Births and Deaths.

(3)

The Registrar of Births and Deaths to whom any such certified copies are sent-

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(a} shall maintain the copies in a register kept by him for the purpose and to be called the marine register; and

(b)

may also record in that register such additional information as appears to him desirable for the purpose of ensuring the completeness and correctness of the register, and the provisions of any written law relating to the registration of births and deaths shall have effect with such modifications as are appropriate and so far as those provisions may be complied with in the circumstances as if the marine register were a register of births (other than still-births) or deaths, except that it shall not be necessary for any person to sign the register as an informant.

(4)

Regulations made under this section may contain provisions for authorising the registration of the following births and deaths occurring outside

Brunei Darussalam in circumstances where no return is required to be made under subsection (1) -

(a)

any birth or death of a citizen of Brunei Darussalam which occurs in a ship not registered in Brunei Darussalam;

(b)

any death of a citizen of Brunei Darussalam who has been employed on such a ship which occurs elsewhere than in the ship.

(5)

Any person who, being required under the regulations made under this section to make a return of any birth or death or a report on the inquiry into the cause of any death, furnishes as true any information in the return or report which he knows or has reason to believe to be false shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a nne not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.