Section 2

any act to or in relation to a protected per-son which, ·if he had done it in any part of Brunei would have made him guilty of the offence of mur-der, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rape, voluntarily causing hurt, kidnapping, wrong-ful confinement or an offence under section 322,

324, 326, 328, 361, 368 or 369 of the Penal Code;

or

in connection with an attack on any relevant premises or on any vehicle ordinarily used by a protected person which is made when a protected person is on or in the premises or vehicle, any act which, if he had done it in any part of Brunei would have made him guilty of an offence under section 324, 326, 435 or 436 of the Penal Code, he shall in Brunei be guilty of the offences aforesaid of

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which the act would have made him guilty if he had done it there.

mencement

Attacks and threats of attacks on protected persons

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Internationally Protected Persons

attempts to commit an offence which, by vir-tue of the preceding subsection or otherwise, is an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsec-tion against a protected person or an offence men-tioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection in con-nection with an attack so mentioned; or

aids or abets the commission of such an off-ence or of an attempt to commit such an offence, he shall in Brunei be guilty of attempting to commit the offence in question or, as the case may be, of aiding or abetting the commission of the offence or attempt in ques-tion.

makes to another person a threat that any person will do an act which is an offence men-tioned iri paragraph (a) of the preceding subsec-tion; or

attempts to make or aids or abets the mak-ing of such a threat to another person, with the intention that the other person shall fear that the threat will be carried out, the person who makes the threat or, as the case may be, who attempts to make it or aids or abets the making of it, shall in Brunei be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for 10 years and not exceeding the term of imprisonment to which a person would be liable for the offence constituted by doing the act threatened at the place where the conviction occurs and at the time of the offence to which the conviction relates.

Internationally Protected Persons

( 4) For the purposes of the preceding subsection it is immaterial whether a person knows that another person is a protected person.

( 5) In this section -

"act" includes omission;

"a protected person" means, in relation to an alleged offence, any of the following, namely-

a person who at the time of the alleged off-ence is a Head of State, a member of a body which performs the functions of Head of State, a Head of

Government or a Minister for ~oreign Affairs and is outside the territory of the State in which he holds office;

a person who at the time of the alleged off-ence is a representative or an official of a State or an official or agent of an international organisation of an inter-governmental character, is entitled under international law to special protection from attack on his person, freedom or dignity and does not fall within the preceding paragraph;

a person who at the time of the alleged off-ence is a member of the family of another person mentioned in either of the preceding paragraphs and-

if the other person is mentioned in paragraph

above, is accompanying him,

above, is a member of his household;

"relevant premises" means premises at which a protected person resides or is staying or which a protected person uses for the purpose of carrying out his functions as such a person; and 5

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Internationally Protected Persons

"vehicle" includes any means of conveyance; and if in any proceeding a question arises as to whether a person is or was a protected person, a certificate issued by or under the authority of the Minister and stating any fact relating to the question shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.