Prevention of Corruption Act · 2019 Revised Edition · Part 7
37. Liability of citizens for offences outside Brunei Darussalam
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The provisions of this Act shall, in relation to citizens of Brunei
Darussalam, have effect outside as well as within Brunei Darussalam, and where an offence under this Act or any prescribed offence, is committed by any citizen of Brunei Darussalam in any place outside Brunei Darussalam, he may be dealt with in respect of that offence as if it had been committed at any place within Brunei Darussalam at which he may be found or to which he may have been brought in consequence of any proceedings for his extradition to Brunei Darussalam from any place outside Brunei Darussalam:
prescribed offence
“prescribed offence” means an offence punishable under section 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 213, 214 or 215 of the Penal Code or section 145 of the Customs Order, 2006 and includes — (a) an attempt to commit any such offence; (b) an abetment of or a criminal conspiracy to commit (as those terms are defined in the Penal Code) any such offence, whether or not the offence is committed in consequence thereof;
Provided that any proceedings against any person under this section which would be a bar to subsequent proceedings against the person for the same offence if the offence had been committed in Brunei Darussalam shall be a bar to further proceedings against him under the law relating to extradition of persons in respect of the same offence outside Brunei
Darussalam.
Terms defined in s 2
prescribed offence
Defined · s 2“prescribed offence” means an offence punishable under section 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 213, 214 or 215 of the Penal Code or section 145 of the Customs Order, 2006 and includes — (a) an attempt to commit any such offence; (b) an abetment of or a criminal conspiracy to commit (as those terms are defined in the Penal Code) any such offence, whether or not the offence is committed in consequence thereof;