Miscellaneous Offences Act (Formerly Known as Minor Offences Act) · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Offences Relating to Buildings in Kampong Ayer
37. Enforcement
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where a person has been convicted of an offence under section 33 or 34(1)(a), the court may order that the building, erection, alteration, addition or extension (as the case may be) be pulled down, demolished and the site thereof cleared, and thereupon the District Officer shall cause such order to be executed.
building
“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of a human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, boarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing stage, bridge, any structure or erection of whatever material and in whatever manner constructed or any part of a building;
The District Officer may recover the expenses incurred by him under subsection (1) from the owner or occupier of such building.
District Officer
“District Officer” means the District Officer for the Brunei and Muara District;
Terms defined in s 38
building
Defined · s 38“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of a human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, boarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing stage, bridge, any structure or erection of whatever material and in whatever manner constructed or any part of a building;
District Officer
Defined · s 38“District Officer” means the District Officer for the Brunei and Muara District;
occupier
Defined · s 38“occupier” means the person in occupation of the building in respect of which the word is used, or having the charge, management or control thereof either on his own account or as agent of another person and includes a tenant or lodger; Miscellaneous Offences 26
owner
Defined · s 38“owner” means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the building in connection with which the word is used whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or who would so receive the rent if the building were let to a tenant; and in any case in which such person cannot be found includes also the occupier, if any, of such building.
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