96. Power to give effect to international arrangements

(1)

In this section —

“arrangement” includes an arrangement which provides for the modification of another arrangement;

“international arrangement” means any arrangement which has been made, either before or after the commencement date, by or on behalf of the Government with the government of any other country or by the Postmaster General with any other postal administration and which, in the opinion of the Minister, relates to postal services;

“postal services” means any postal or other service or facility for the time being provided by or intended to be provided by the

Department or any other postal administration, and includes any matter incidental to or connected with any such postal or other service or facility.

(2)

The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by rule make, in relation to Brunei Darussalam, such provision as appears to the Minister to be requisite for enabling Brunei

Darussalam to implement any international arrangement.

(3)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), rules under that subsection may in particular include provision —

(a)

for amending this Act and any other written law to the extent requisite as aforesaid;

(b)

with respect to the application of the rules to the

Government and the extraterritorial operation of any provision made by or under the rules;

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(c)

for imposing penalties in respect of any contravention of any provision made by or under the rules; and

(d)

for applying any written law so as to have effect, as so applied, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the rules.

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