Societies Act · 2010 Revised Edition · Part VI · Unlawful Societies
Section 30
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Every society, whether it is registered or not, which uses a Triad ritual, Triad emblems, Triad titles or any other triad nomenclature shall be known as a Triad Society and shall be an unlawful society.
society
“society” includes any club, company, partnership or association of 10 or more persons whatever its nature or object, whether temporary or permanent, but does not include — (a) any company incorporated or registered under the Companies Act; (b) any body corporate incorporated or constituted under any written law; (c) any trade union registered or required to be registered under the Trade Unions Act; (d) any company, association or partnership formed for the sole purpose of carrying on any business that has for its object the acquisition of gain by the company, association, partnership or by the individual members thereof; (e) any co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act; (f) any organisation or association that forms part of the curriculum of a school; (g) any school, management committee of a school, parents’ association or parent-teachers’ association registered or exempted from registration under any written law; (h) any organisation or association formed by any Government department or ministry whose members wholly consist of public servants. Appointment of Registrar, Deputy Registrars and Assistant Registrars.
For the purposes of subsection (1), a “Triad ritual” means any ritual commonly used by Triad Societies, any ritual closely resembling any such ritual and any part of any such ritual.
Any person who is or acts as a member of a Triad society or attends any meeting thereof or is found in possession of or having the custody or control of, any article of or relating to, any Triad society, whether such society is established in Brunei Darussalam or not, is guilty of an
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offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.
Terms defined in s 2
society
Defined · s 2“society” includes any club, company, partnership or association of 10 or more persons whatever its nature or object, whether temporary or permanent, but does not include — (a) any company incorporated or registered under the Companies Act; (b) any body corporate incorporated or constituted under any written law; (c) any trade union registered or required to be registered under the Trade Unions Act; (d) any company, association or partnership formed for the sole purpose of carrying on any business that has for its object the acquisition of gain by the company, association, partnership or by the individual members thereof; (e) any co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act; (f) any organisation or association that forms part of the curriculum of a school; (g) any school, management committee of a school, parents’ association or parent-teachers’ association registered or exempted from registration under any written law; (h) any organisation or association formed by any Government department or ministry whose members wholly consist of public servants. Appointment of Registrar, Deputy Registrars and Assistant Registrars.
Part VII
Enforcement
Part VIII
Offences
Part IX