Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part 5
75. Provisions for avoiding delay after arrest
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The allegations against any person subject to military law who is under arrest shall be duly investigated without unnecessary delay, and as
Royal Brunei Armed Forces soon as may be practicable either, proceedings shall be taken for punishing his offence, or he shall be released from arrest.
Armed Forces
“Armed Forces” means the Royal Brunei Armed Forces raised and maintained under this Act;
Wherever any person subject to military law, having been taken into military custody, remains under arrest for a longer period than 8 days without a court-martial for his trial being assembled, a special report on the necessity for further delay shall be made by his commanding officer to the prescribed authority in the prescribed manner, and a similar report shall be made to the like authority and in the like manner every 8 days until a court-martial is assembled or the offence is dealt with summarily or he is released from arrest:
commanding officer
“commanding officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 83(1);
Provided that, in the case of a person on active service, compliance with this subsection shall be excused in so far as it is not reasonably practicable having regard to the exigencies of military operations.
service
“service”, when used adjectively, means belonging to or connected with the Armed Forces or the Reserve Regiment or any part of either of such forces;
Investigation of, and summary dealing with, charges
Terms defined in s 2
Armed Forces
Defined · s 2“Armed Forces” means the Royal Brunei Armed Forces raised and maintained under this Act;
commanding officer
Defined · s 2“commanding officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 83(1);
prescribed
Defined · s 2“prescribed” means, except in Parts 5 and 7, prescribed by regulations made by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan*;
service
Defined · s 2“service”, when used adjectively, means belonging to or connected with the Armed Forces or the Reserve Regiment or any part of either of such forces;
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