Undesirable Publications Act · 2010 Revised Edition
11. Examination of articles coming into Brunei Darussalam
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A controller or any authorised officer may detain, open and examine any article coming into Brunei Darussalam from any place outside
place
“place” includes any vehicle, vessel, or aircraft, whether in a public place or not;
Brunei Darussalam in any manner whatsoever which he has reason to believe contains or consists of a prohibited, obscene or objectionable publication.
Where, in the course of opening and examining any article under subsection (1), the controller or authorised officer finds any publication that he believes on reasonable grounds to be prohibited, obscene or objection-able —
publication
“publication” means any of the following other than a film — (a) any book, magazine or periodical, whether in manuscript or final form; (b) any sound recording; (c) any picture or drawing, whether made by computer-graphics or otherwise howsoever; (d) any photograph, photographic negative, photographic plate or photographic slide; or (e) any paper, model, sculpture, tape, disc, article or thing — (i) that has printed or impressed upon it any word, statement, sign or representation; or (ii) on which is recorded or stored for immediate or future retrieval any information that, by the use of any computer or other electronic device, is capable of being reproduced or shown as any picture, photograph, word, statement, sign or representation, and includes a copy of any publication;
he may detain the article for so long as is necessary to institute proceedings for an offence under this Act; or
where no such proceedings are instituted within 3 months of the detention, he may return the article to the sender of the article or, if the publication is prohibited, obscene or objectionable or returning the article is not reasonably practicable, he may, subject to section 15, destroy or cause to be destroyed the article or the contents of the article consisting of any such publication.
Terms defined in s 2
place
Defined · s 2“place” includes any vehicle, vessel, or aircraft, whether in a public place or not;
publication
Defined · s 2“publication” means any of the following other than a film — (a) any book, magazine or periodical, whether in manuscript or final form; (b) any sound recording; (c) any picture or drawing, whether made by computer-graphics or otherwise howsoever; (d) any photograph, photographic negative, photographic plate or photographic slide; or (e) any paper, model, sculpture, tape, disc, article or thing — (i) that has printed or impressed upon it any word, statement, sign or representation; or (ii) on which is recorded or stored for immediate or future retrieval any information that, by the use of any computer or other electronic device, is capable of being reproduced or shown as any picture, photograph, word, statement, sign or representation, and includes a copy of any publication;