of 1951
Chapter 2 of 1951 1984 Edition, Chapter 2
Amended by
S 58/04
REVISED EDITION 2009
B.L.R.O. 1/2009
Application of Laws
B.L.R.O. 1/2009 1
CAP. 2
REVISED EDITION 2009
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Application of Laws Act is Brunei Act, cited as Act 2 2009, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2009.
Chapter
Chapter 2 of 1951 1984 Edition, Chapter 2
Amended by
S 58/04
REVISED EDITION 2009
B.L.R.O. 1/2009
Application of Laws
B.L.R.O. 1/2009 1
CAP. 2
REVISED EDITION 2009
Opening note
This Act may be cited as the Application of Laws Act.
Application of common law, doctrines of equity and statutes of general application.
Subject to the provisions of this Act and save in so far as other provision has been or may hereafter be made by any written law in force in
Brunei Darussalam, the common law of England and the doctrines of equity, together with statutes of general application, as administered or in force in
England at the commencement of this Act, shall be in force in Brunei
Darussalam:
Provided that the said common law, doctrines of equity and statutes of general application shall be in force in Brunei Darussalam so far only as the circumstances of Brunei Darussalam and of its inhabitants permit and subject to such qualifications as local circumstances and customs render necessary.
Crown Proceedings Act, 1947 of the United Kingdom. [S 58/04]
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the Crown
Proceedings Act, 1947 of the United Kingdom is not and has never been in force in Brunei Darussalam.
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