Section 5A
Section 5A
(1)
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
“commencement date” means the date of commencement of this
Part;
“crime-free period” means a period referred to in section 5C(4);
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“excluded offence” means any offence included in the Schedule that is not capable of being treated as spent under this Part;
“place of detention” means any place (by whatsoever name so called) appointed or directed as such under any written law;
“place of safety” means any place (by whatsoever name so called)
declared or established as such under any written law;
“probation order” means any order of a court made under any written law to place an offender on probation;
“record of conviction”, in relation to a person, means the record of his conviction which is kept in the register before, on or after the commencement date for —
(a)
any offence committed in Brunei Darussalam; or
(b)
any offence committed outside Brunei Darussalam and registrable under this Act, and the registrable particulars related thereto;
“term of imprisonment” does not include a term of imprisonment imposed by a court in default of payment of a fine or penalty;
“unlawfully at large” refers to any person who has escaped from lawful arrest, a prison, a place of detention, a place of safety or any other place of confinement for persons deemed as such under any written law.
Part binds Government.