Road Traffic Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Suspension, Cancellation and Endorsement of Driving Licences
47F. Prohibition order against foreign tourist
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where any provision of this Act empowers —
a court to order that a person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence; or
the Director to suspend or revoke a driving licence of any person, such provision shall, in relation to a foreign tourist, be read as empowering the court or the Director to make a prohibition order which prohibits such foreign tourist from driving any motor vehicle in Brunei Darussalam for the same period for which the court or the Director may, by virtue of that provision, disqualify any person from holding or obtaining a driving licence or suspend or revoke the driving licence of any person, as the case may be.
Any other provision of this Act which relates or which makes reference to the disqualification of persons from holding or obtaining a driving licence or to the suspension or revocation of driving licences, including any provision which provides for the punishment of any offence committed by a person who has been disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence or whose driving licence has been suspended or revoked, shall, in relation to a foreign tourist, be read as if every reference in that
person
“person” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Interpretation and General Clauses Act;
Road Traffic provision to the disqualification of a person from holding or obtaining a driving licence or to the suspension or revocation of the driving licence of any person were a reference to the making of a prohibition order against the foreign tourist.
road
“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations for modifying, in such manner as he may consider necessary, any of the provisions of this Act which relates or refers to the disqualification of persons from holding or obtaining a driving licence or to the suspension or revocation of driving licences in order that such provision may appropriately apply in relation to a foreign tourist against whom a prohibition order has been made under this section.
Terms defined in s 2
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of Land Transport and includes any Deputy Director appointed under section 3(2);
foreign tourist
Defined · s 2“foreign tourist” means a person resident outside Brunei Darussalam who is temporarily in Brunei Darussalam and who holds a foreign driving licence;
motor vehicle
Defined · s 2“motor vehicle” means any mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;
person
Defined · s 2“person” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Interpretation and General Clauses Act;
road
Defined · s 2“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;
traffic
Defined · s 2“traffic” includes vehicles of every description, pedestrians, processions, and bodies of troops and all animals being ridden, driven or led;
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