Section 23
of Education (Non-Government Schools) Act
Section 23
(2)
When an inspection is being carried out under the provisions of this section the Director or other person may examine, remove and detain any books, documents or other articles, found in such school, for the purpose of further examination, or any books, documents or other articles so found which, in the opinion of the Director or other person lawfully carrying out such inspection, may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act or any regulation made thereunder or which contain or are connected with political propaganda detrimental to the interest of Brunei
Darussalam or of the public or used for the purposes of instruction detrimental to the interests of the pupils which may furnish evidence that the school is or has been used as a meeting place for an unlawful society; and the Director or other person lawfully carrying out an inspection under this section may, of ingress into such school or any part thereof cannot be obtained
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and no person can be found to open such school or such part thereof or any receptacle therein, in order to effect such ingress or inspection, break open any outer or inner door or window of any such school or any locked receptacle found therein.
(3)
The Director at any time, and any person whilst lawfully carrying out an inspection of a school under the provisions of this section, may require any manager of, or teacher in, any school or any pupil of such school or any person found within such school to produce for inspection any books or documents, relating to the management of or to the teaching carried on in such school, which are in his possession or under his control, and to furnish the Director or such person lawfully carrying out an inspection with such information, relating to such management or teaching as the Director or such person lawfully carrying out an inspection may demand and which it is within his power to furnish and in the case of a registered teacher, to produce for inspection his certificate of registration as a teacher under this Act.
(4)
Any person who —
(a)
obstructs or impedes the Director or other person lawfully carrying out an inspection of a school under this section, in the lawful exercise of any of his powers under this section; or
(b)
refuses to produce any book or document or refuses to furnish any information in contravention of the provisions of subsection (3) of this section or furnishes any information which is false in a material particular and which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.