Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part XII
Section 177
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where any person is charged with having committed any offence on board any Brunei Darussalam ship on the high seas or elsewhere outside Brunei 479
Brunei Darussalam ship
"Brunei Darussalam ship" means a ship registered provisionally or otherwise, under Part II and its registry is not closed or deemed to be closed or suspended under that Part;
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Darussalam or on board any foreign ship to which he does not belong and that person is found within the jurisdiction of any court in Brunei Darussalam which would have had cognisance of the offence if it had been committed on board a
ship
"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
Brunei Darussalam ship within the limits of its ordinary jurisdiction, that court shall have jurisdiction to try the offence as if it had been so committed.
Terms defined in s 2
Brunei Darussalam ship
Defined · s 2"Brunei Darussalam ship" means a ship registered provisionally or otherwise, under Part II and its registry is not closed or deemed to be closed or suspended under that Part;
ship
Defined · s 2"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;