Public Order Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 2
Section 29
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who in any public place carries or has in his possession or under his control any offensive weapon otherwise than with
public place
"public place" includes any highway, public street, public road, public park or garden, any sea beach, river, waterway, public bridge. lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, any unalienated land, any theatre or place of public entertainment of any kind or other place of general resort admission to which is obtained by payment or to which the public have access. and any open space (whether enclosed or unenclosed) to which for the time being the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;
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In any prosecution for an offence under subsection (1). the onus of proving that the accused carried such weapon or had it in his possession or under his control solely for a lawhl purpose shall lie upon the accused.
A person shall be presumed to have lawful authority for the purposes of this section if he carries or has in his possession or under his control any offensive weapon -
offensive weapon
"offensive weapon" includes any instrument which if used as a weapon of offence is likely to cause hurt;
in or in connection with the performance of his duty as a member of any security force or as a person in the service of
Government or of any local authority in Brunei Darussalam; or
as part of his official or ceremonial dress on any official or ceremonial occasion.
For the purposes of subsection (I), it is immaterial whether or not the offensive weapon is visible or whether or not it is concealed in any way whatsoever.
Terms defined in s 2
offensive weapon
Defined · s 2"offensive weapon" includes any instrument which if used as a weapon of offence is likely to cause hurt;
public place
Defined · s 2"public place" includes any highway, public street, public road, public park or garden, any sea beach, river, waterway, public bridge. lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, any unalienated land, any theatre or place of public entertainment of any kind or other place of general resort admission to which is obtained by payment or to which the public have access. and any open space (whether enclosed or unenclosed) to which for the time being the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;
security force
Defined · s 2"security force" means the police force, the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Gurkha Reserve Unit, any other armed force for the time being in Brunei Darussalam or any visiting force present for the time being in Brunei Darussalam by virtue of any written law or by virtue of any lawful arrangement made by or on behalf of the Government;