Section 9
Section 9
(1)
A diplomatic agent or consular officer of any
State may, if authorised to do so under the laws of that
State, administer oaths, take affidavits and do notarial acts
(a)
required by a person for use in that State or underthelawsthereof;or
(b)
otherwise required by a national of that
State but not for use in Brunei except under the laws of some other country.
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Detention on board ship for disciplin-ary offences
Ship and air-craft belong-ing to a State
Right of di-plomatic agents and consular officers to administer oaths and do notorial acts in certain cases
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.Cap. 117
Evidence
Application of specified
Articles in the Vienna
Convention on Diploma-tic Relations 1961
Consular Relations
(2)
His Majesty may by Order published in the Gov-ernment Gazette exclude or restrict the provisions of subsec-tion (1) in relation to the diplomatic agents or consular officers of any State in Brunei if it appears to him that in any territory of that State diplomatic agents or consular officers of Brunei are not permitted to perform functions corres-ponding in nature and extent to those authorised by that subsection.
(3)
In this section "diplomatic agent" has the same meaning as in the Diplomatic Privileges (Vienna Conven-tion) Act.