Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part 8
186. Deserters and absentees without leave surrendering to police
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where in Brunei Darussalam a person surrenders himself to a police officer as being illegally absent from the Armed Forces or the Reserve
officer
“officer” means any person commissioned into the Armed Forces by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under this Act but does not include any person serving under any loan agreement or contract with the Government;
Regiment, the police officer shall (unless he surrenders himself at a police station) bring him to a police station.
The police officer in charge of a police station at which a person has surrendered himself as mentioned in subsection (1), or to which a person who has so surrendered himself is brought, shall forthwith inquire into the case, and if it appears to that officer that the person is illegally absent, he may cause him to be delivered into military custody without bringing him before a Court of a Magistrate or may bring him before such a court.
Terms defined in s 2
Armed Forces
Defined · s 2“Armed Forces” means the Royal Brunei Armed Forces raised and maintained under this Act;
officer
Defined · s 2“officer” means any person commissioned into the Armed Forces by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under this Act but does not include any person serving under any loan agreement or contract with the Government;
Reserve Regiment
Defined · s 2“Reserve Regiment” means the Royal Brunei Malay Reserve Regiment raised and maintained under this Act;