Section 54

Any person acting or proposing to act as a recruiter in a territory of origin outside Brunei Darussalam for the purpose of recruiting workers for employment in Brunei Darussalam shall, before leaving Brunei Darussalam to do so, first obtain a licence under this Part, and thereafter, if such territory provides in its laws provisions substantially the same as this Part, shall also obtain such licence as may be required under such laws and shall comply with all laws of such territory relating to recruiting and shall in any event, whether required by such laws or not, fulfil all the obligations of this Part of this Act as if the same were written into the laws of such territory and its provisions, where possible, shall be observed both prior to the departure of the worker from the territory of recruitment as well as upon arrival in

Brunei Darussalam.

Any agreement or contract of employment entered into with a worker arising from a contravention of the provisions of the last preceding subsection may be declared void by the Commissioner and thereupon any such worker and his family may be repatriated by the Commissioner and all costs of such repatriation shall be recovered from any security or borne by the offending recruiter or employer and may be recovered as a debt due to the Government.

Penalties.