Words starting with H

habuan

Defined in Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act, s 2

“means the proportion of any property or fund retainable under Muslim law by any person by way of commission or remuneration for services performed”

Hajj Fund

Defined in Perbadanan Tabung Amanah Islam Brunei Act, s 2

“means the fund established by section 22”

Halal Import Permit

Defined in Halal Meat Act, s 2

“means a permit in the prescribed form issued by the Controller of Customs, as Chairman of the Board, to import meat on the terms and conditions mentioned therein”

Halal label

Defined in Halal Meat Act, s 2

“includes any piece of paper, card or other material, whereupon the word “Halal” has been written, printed, stencilled, marked, painted, stamped or embossed issued by or on behalf of the Majlis, and marked or pressed on the meat and every …”

halal meat

Defined in Halal Meat Act, s 2

“means meat that is fit for consumption by Muslims according to Hukum Syara’, as determined by the Majlis”

harbour

Defined in Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, s 2

“includes giving a person shelter, food, drink, money or clothes or means or the act of supplying conveyance. or assisting a person in any way to evade apprehension”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

harbour craft

Defined in Merchant Shipping Order, 2002, s 2

“means any ship that is used solely within the limits of the port declared under the Ports Act”

harm

Defined in Personal Data Protection Order, 2025, s 30

“means - {a} any physical harm; or {b) harassment, alarm or distress caused to the individual”

harmful substance

Defined in Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Order, 2005, s 2

“means any substance which, if introduced into the sea, is liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea, and-includes any …”

harvesting

Defined in Income Tax Act, s 2

“includes the collection of crops however effected”

hash function

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act, s 2

“means an algorithm mapping or translating one sequence of bits into another, generally smaller, set (the hash result) such that — (a) a record yields the same hash result every time the algorithm is executed using the same record as input …”

hazardous substance

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act, s 3

“means — (a) any natural or artificial substance including any raw material, whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of gas or vapour, or in a mixture of at least two of these substances; or (b) any living organism …”

head teacher

Defined in Education Act, s 2

“means, in the case of a government school, an education officer who is appointed by the Minister or, in the case of a private school, a person who is appointed under section 69(2) by the board of governors of the private educational …”

health officer

Defined in Employment Act, s 2

“means the Director-General of Health Services, and includes any officer to whom he has delegated the exercise or performance of any power or duty conferred or imposed on him by this Act to the extent of the power or duty so delegated”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

heavy vehicle

Defined in Road Traffic Act, s 2

“means a motor vehicle exceeding 8,000 lb gross weight”

Her Britannic Majesty

Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

“means Her Majesty the Queen and Her Heirs and Successors, according to such styles and titles as may be authorised by the Royal Titles Act 1953”

herbal remedy

Defined in Medicines Act, s 2

“means a medicinal product consisting of a substance produced by subjecting a plant or plants to drying, crushing or comminuting or other process, or of a mixture whose ingredients are two or more substances so produced, or of a combination …”

hibah

Defined in Hibah Act, s 2

“means the transfer of the possession of a property of the donor made voluntarily and without any consideration by the donor to the donee during the lifetime of the donor”

High Court

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code, s 2

“means the High Court of the Supreme Court for Brunei Darussalam”

Also defined in 1 other Act

high judicial office

Defined in Constitutional Matters I - Constitution of Brunei Darussalam, art 2

“means the office of a Judge of the Supreme Court, or of a court having unlimited jurisdiction in civil or criminal matters, or of a court having jurisdiction in appeals from any such court”

high voltage

Defined in Electricity Act, s 2

“means a voltage exceeding lOOOV a.c. or 1500V d.c. between conductors, or 600V a.c. or 900V d.c. between each conductor and Earth”

higher education

Defined in Education Act, s 2

“means education provided by a higher educational institution”

higher education programme

Defined in Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act, s 2

“means a programme leading to a higher education qualification”

higher education provider

Defined in Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act, s 2

“means a body corporate, organisation or other body of persons which conducts higher education or training programmes, including skills training programmes, leading to the award of a higher education qualification or which awards a higher …”

higher education qualification

Defined in Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act, s 2

“means a certificate, diploma, advanced diploma or degree or their respective equivalents, and includes any other qualification stipulated in the Framework”

higher educational institution

Defined in Education Act, s 2

“means an educational institution providing higher education leading to the award of a diploma, degree or the equivalent thereof”

hire-purchase agreement

Defined in Hire-Purchase Act, s 2

“includes a letting of goods with an option to purchase and an agreement for the purchase of goods by instalments (whether the agreement describes the instalments as rent, hire or otherwise), but does not include any agreement — (a) whereby …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

hire-purchase price

Defined in Hire-Purchase Act, s 2

“means the total sum payable by the hirer under a hire-purchase agreement in order to complete the purchase of goods to which the agreement relates, exclusive of any sum payable as a penalty or as compensation or damages for a breach of the …”

hirer

Defined in Hire-Purchase Act, s 2

“means the person who takes or has taken goods from an owner under a hire-purchase agreement and includes a person to whom the rights or liabilities of the hirer under the agreement have passed by assignment or by operation of law;”

His Majesty

Defined in Constitutional Matters I - Constitution of Brunei Darussalam, art 2

“means — (a) a Sultan whose accession to the throne has been proclaimed whether or not he has been crowned as the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, irrespective of whether a declaration has been made and confirmed under section 12 of the …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts