Prisons Act · 2015 Revised Edition · Part II · Constitution and Administration
7. Appointment of police lockups as places of detention
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
It shall be lawful for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan by notification published in the Gazette to appoint lockups at such police stations and court houses and other public buildings as may be specified in such notification to be places for the confinement of persons, remanded or
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sentenced to such terms of imprisonment, not exceeding one month, as may be specified in each case.
A lockup appointed as a place of confinement under subsection (1) shall not, unless provided otherwise in subsection (3), be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of this Act, and the rules made thereunder shall not apply thereto, but every such lockup shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of Chapter XXVI of the Criminal Procedure
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
Code (Chapter 7) and to be proper custody for the purposes of section 149 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
A lockup appointed as a place of confinement under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of section 61
and also for the purposes of Part IV, other than of sections 28(2) and 43, and, for such purposes, “Officer-in-Charge” shall include the Police Officer and any public officer in charge of the lockup.
Officer-in-Charge
“Officer-in-Charge” means any prison officer not below the rank of Principal Officer who is in charge of any prisons;
The Minister of Home Affairs may, with the approval of His
Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make rules with regard to lockups appointed under subsection (1) to provide for all or any of the following matter —
the inspection and management of lockups and the officers to be in charge thereof;
the employment of persons confined therein;
the diets to be supplied to such persons;
the maintenance of discipline;
generally for regulating lockups.
Terms defined in s 2
Officer-in-Charge
Defined · s 2“Officer-in-Charge” means any prison officer not below the rank of Principal Officer who is in charge of any prisons;
police officer
Defined · s 2“police officer” has the same meaning as in the Royal Brunei Police Force Act;
prison
Defined · s 2“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
Part III
Officers
Part IV
Custody and Removal of Prisoners
Part V
Employment and Prison Discipline
Part VI
Discipline as Affecting Prison Officers
Part VII