Section 50
Brunei Darussalam
of Interpretation and General Clauses Act
(1)
Whenever, by any written law, an Act of Parliament or Order in
Council has been, or is hereafter, applied to Brunei Darussalam, including any statute of general application which applies by virtue of the Application of Laws Act (Chapter 2) —
(a)
it shall be lawful for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan in Council, by regulations not inconsistent with any such written law, to provide for such modifications, as to names, localities, courts, officers, persons, moneys, penalties and otherwise, as may be necessary to make it applicable to the circumstances of Brunei
Darussalam; and
(b)
if no such regulations are made or if there is any respect in which such regulations are silent, such Act or Order in Council shall nevertheless be deemed to apply with such modifications as may be necessary to make it applicable to the circumstances of Brunei
Darussalam.
(2)
Without prejudice to subsection (1), in any case in which a statute of general application applies to Brunei Darussalam by virtue of the
Application of Laws Act (Chapter 2), a reference to a sum of money, or part thereof, in pounds sterling is deemed to refer to ten times the equivalent number of dollars, and a reference to a sum of money, or part thereof, in multiples of 5 new pence is deemed to refer to half the equivalent number of dollars.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (2), “dollar” means the currency so designated which is legal tender in Brunei Darussalam by virtue of the
Currency Order, 2004 (S 16/2004).
Interpretation and General Clauses
B.L.R.O. 1/2022 47
Construction of references in written law to Acts of Parliament and