Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part 5
39. Insubordinate behaviour
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person subject to military law who —
strikes or otherwise uses violence to, or offers violence to, his superior officer; or
uses threatening or insubordinate language to his superior officer, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment or any less punishment provided by this Act:
Provided that it shall be a defence for any person charged under this subsection to prove that he neither knew nor had reasonable cause to believe that the person in relation to whom the offence is alleged to have been committed was his superior officer.
In this section, “superior officer”, in relation to any person, means an officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of superior rank and includes an officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of equal rank but greater seniority while exercising authority as that person’s superior.
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;
Terms defined in s 2
commissioned
Defined · s 2“commissioned” means the conferring of the rank of an officer in the Armed Forces by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
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;
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