Penal Code

This Act may be cited as the Penal Code.

Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code, and not otherwise, for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof of which he is guilty within Brunei Darussalam.

Any person liable to be tried for an offence committed beyond the limits of Brunei Darussalam shall be dealt with according to the provisions of this Code for any act committed beyond Brunei Darussalam in the same manner as if such act had been committed within Brunei Darussalam.

(No section).

Nothing in this Code is intended to repeal, vary, suspend or affect any of the provisions of any special or local law or any of the provisions of any Act for punishing offences by officers, soldiers or constables in the military or police forces of Brunei Darussalam.

The provisions of Chapters I, 11,111, IV, V and VA shall. save where the contrary intention appears, apply to any written law in force and to any a instrument made thereunder.

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Penal Code