Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Special Proceedings
300. Death of person in custody of Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer or in any psychiatric facility
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 299, when any person dies while in the custody of the Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer or in a psychiatric facility or prison, the officer who had the custody of such person or was in charge of such psychiatric facility or prison, as the case may be, shall forthwith give intimation of such death to the nearest
Religious Enforcement Officer
"Religious Enforcement Officer" has the same meaning assigned to it under the Syariah Courts Act;
Syariah Subordinate Court Judge, and such Syariah Subordinate Court Judge or some other Syariah Subordinate Court Judge shall, in the case of death in the custody of the Religious Enforcement officer or police officer, and in other cases may. if he thinks expedient, hold an inquest into the cause of death and for such purpose may designate any person to make the investigation and report referred to in section 295 and such person shall for the purposes of such investigation be deemed to be a Religious Enforcement
Judge
"Judge", for the purposes of sections 122 and 249, means a Syar'ie Judge or Judge of the Supreme Court, as the case may be;
Officer or police oflicer.
In this section, "psychiatric facility" includes rehabilitation center, detention center or any place which may be determined by the Chief
S yar ' ie Judge.
Terms defined in this Act
cause of death
Defined · s 294"cause of death" include not only the apparent cause of death as ascertainable by inspection or post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased, but also all matters necessary to enable an opinion to be formed how the deceased came by his death and whether his death resulted in any way from, or was accelerated by, any unlawful act or omission on the part of any other person.
Judge
Defined · s 2"Judge", for the purposes of sections 122 and 249, means a Syar'ie Judge or Judge of the Supreme Court, as the case may be;
police officer
Defined · s 2"police officer" means any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and includes a special police officer when mobilised or deemed to be mobilised for active service and any person vested under any written law with the powers of a police officer;
Religious Enforcement Officer
Defined · s 2"Religious Enforcement Officer" has the same meaning assigned to it under the Syariah Courts Act;