Newspapers Act · 2013 Revised Edition
3C. Local newspaper company
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No local newspaper shall be printed or published in Brunei
local newspaper
“local newspaper” means a newspaper printed in Brunei Darussalam and includes a local magazine;
Darussalam except by a company formed and registered under the
Companies Act (Chapter 39).
In every such company, the directors shall constitute citizens of
Brunei Darussalam or persons to whom a Residence Permit has been granted under regulations made under the Immigration Act (Chapter 17) or both.
No printer, publisher, editor, editor-in-chief or journalist, not being a citizen of Brunei Darussalam or a person to whom a Residence
Permit has been granted under regulations made under the Immigration Act
(Chapter 17), shall be connected in any such capacity with any such company unless he has previously obtained approval from the Office of the
Prime Minister.
Any person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.
Newspapers
This section shall apply to any newspaper published at intervals not exceeding one week.
newspaper
“newspaper” means any publication containing news, intelligence, reports of occurrences, or any remarks, observations or comments, in relation to such news, intelligence or occurrences, or to any other matter of public interest, or any magazine, comic or other form of periodical, printed for sale or free distribution at regular or irregular intervals and includes a supplement thereto but does not include any publication issued by or under the authority of the Government or of any public body;
[S 86/2008]
Terms defined in s 2
local newspaper
Defined · s 2“local newspaper” means a newspaper printed in Brunei Darussalam and includes a local magazine;
newspaper
Defined · s 2“newspaper” means any publication containing news, intelligence, reports of occurrences, or any remarks, observations or comments, in relation to such news, intelligence or occurrences, or to any other matter of public interest, or any magazine, comic or other form of periodical, printed for sale or free distribution at regular or irregular intervals and includes a supplement thereto but does not include any publication issued by or under the authority of the Government or of any public body;