Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part 5
110. Commencement
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Except where otherwise expressly provided by any written law, a military sentence of imprisonment or detention shall begin to run from the beginning of the day on which sentence was originally pronounced by the court-martial trying the offender or, as the case may be, was originally awarded by his commanding officer or by an appropriate superior authority.
commanding officer
“commanding officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 83(1);
Where any person serving a military sentence of imprisonment or detention becomes illegally at large during the currency of the sentence, then, in calculating the period for which he is liable to be imprisoned or detained in pursuance of the sentence, no account shall be taken of any time spent unlawfully at large.
For the purposes of subsection (2), a person shall not be held to be unlawfully at large during any period in respect of which he satisfies the
Commander that he was in the custody of any civil or military authority of
Commander
“Commander” means the officer or other suitable person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under section 10 to be the Commander of the Armed Forces and the Reserve Regiment;
Brunei Darussalam or of any country or territory abroad authorised by law to detain persons.
Terms defined in s 2
appropriate superior authority
Defined · s 2“appropriate superior authority” has the meaning assigned to it by sections 77(1) and 83(2);
Commander
Defined · s 2“Commander” means the officer or other suitable person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under section 10 to be the Commander of the Armed Forces and the Reserve Regiment;
commanding officer
Defined · s 2“commanding officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 83(1);
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