Royal Brunei Police Force Act

This Act may be cited as the Royal Brunei Police

Force Act.

"additional police officer" means a person em-ployed under section 18 and not enrolled on the permanent establishment;

"ammunition" means ammunition for any arm, and includes grenades, bombs and other like mis-siles, whether capable of use with arms or not, and any ammunition containing, or designed or adapted to contain, any noxious liquid, gas or other thing;

"arm" includes firearm;

"the Commission" means the Royal Brunei Police

Force Commission established under Part IV;

"the Commissioner" means the Commissioner of

Police of the Royal Brunei Police Force;

"constable" means a police officer below the rank of corporal;

"the Force'' means the Royal Brunei Police Force constituted under this Act;

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Interpreta-tion 7

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Control of the Force

Royal Brunei Police Force

"inspector" means an inspector of police of what-ever grade;

"police district" means any area which is consti-tuted a police district by Police Regulations, and unless and until districts are so constituted means an ordinary administrative district;

"Police Regulations" means regulations made under section 64;

"police officer" means any member of the Force and includes any additional police officer;

"senior police officer" means a police officer of any rank from and including the Commissioner down to and including a probationary assistant superintendent;

"subordinate police officer" means a police officer of any rank from and including sergeant-major down to and including a constable.

Subject to the orders and control of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan the Commissioner shall command and b(} charged with the direction and administra-tion of the Force.

The Commissioner may exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed by any written law on any police officer of lower rank.

Any act or thing which may be done, ordered or performed by the Commissioner under any written law may, subject to the orders and directions of the Commissioner, be done, ordered or performed by a deputy commissioner of police, a senior assistant commissioner of police, or an assis-tant commissioner of police.

The members of the Force shall in relation to any formation, police district or area thereof or any place, be controlled by such police officer as the Commissioner may specify either by name or office.

All police officers shal1 be bound tc.{ serve in any part of Brunei or in the service of the Government on board any vessel or aircraft, or to proceed to any place outside Brunei as required for the purposes of section 38 ( q).

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Liability for service in and outside

His Majesty may, in time of war or other emergency, Employment h f

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of Force in employ the Force or any part t ereo to serve m conJunctiOn time of with the armed forces of Brunei or otherwise in the defence emergency of Brunei:

Provided that any part of the Force so employed shall continue to be under the command of the Commissioner or such other police officer as may have been appointed for the purpose.