BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $8,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), "stage of a judicial proceeding" includes
- (a) an investigation directed by law preliminary to a proceeding before a Court, though that investigation may not take place before a Court;
- (b) an investigation directed by a Court under the law and conducted under the authority of Court, though that investigation may not take place before a Court.
Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance.
243. (1) Any person who, being bound by law to render assistance to any public servant in the execution of his duty, intentionally omits to give such assistance is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both.
(2) If any person mentioned in subsection (1) intentionally omits to give such assistance demanded of him by a public servant legally competent to make such demand for the purpose of executing any summons lawfully issued by the Court, preventing the commission of any offence, suppressing a riot or affray at a public place, or of apprehending any accused person or a person who commits an offence or of having escaped from lawful custody, he is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to cause injury to any person.
244. Any public servant knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the way in which he is to conduct himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will, by such disobedience cause injury to any person is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $12,000 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years.
Illustration
A, being an officer directed by law to take property in the execution to satisfy a decree pronounced in B's favour by a Court, knowingly disobeys that direction of law with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause injury to B. A has committed an offence under in this section.
Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound to produce it.
245. Any person who, being legally bound to produce or deliver up any document to any public servant, intentionally omits to produce or deliver up that document
