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This Act may be cited as the Biological Weapons Act.
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Biological Weapons Act is Brunei Act, cited as Act 87 1975, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1975.
Section
Biological Weapons
REVISED EDITION 1983
CHAPTER87
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Opening note
This Act may be cited as the Biological Weapons Act.
No person shall develop, produce, stockpile, ac-quire or retain
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any biological agent or toxin of a type and in a quantity that has no justification for prophylac-tic, protective or other peaceful purpose; or
any weapon, equipment or means of deliv-ery designed to use biological agents or toxins for hostile purposes or in armed conflict.
Any person contravening this section shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for life.
Short title
Restriction on development etc. of certain biological agents and toxins and of biological weapons 3.
Proceedings for an offence under section 2 above Prosecution
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Where an offence under section 2 of this Act which is Offences by committed by a body corporate is proved to have been com-
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Powers to search and obtain evidence
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Biological Weapons ger, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capac-ity, he as well as the corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
If a magistrate is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under section 2 of this Act has been, or is about to be, committed, he may grant a search warrant authorising the person named therein -
to enter, at any time within one month from the date of the warrant, any premises or place named therein, if necessary by force, and to search the premises or place of every person found there-in;
to inspect any document found in the pre-mises or place or in the possession of any person found therein, and to take copies of, or seize or detain any such document;
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