Section 3
Transmission of maintenance order made in Brunei Darussalam
of Maintenance Orders Reciprocal Enforcement Act
(1)
Where the payer under a maintenance order made, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, by a court in Brunei Darussalam is residing in a reciprocating country, the payee under the order may apply for the order to be sent to that country for enforcement.
(2)
Every application under this section shall be made to the court which made the maintenance order to which the application relates.
(3)
If, on an application duly made under this section to a court in
Brunei Darussalam, the court is satisfied that the payer under the maintenance order is residing in a reciprocating country, the following documents -
(a)
a certified copy of the maintenance order;
(b)
a certificate signed by an officer of that court certifying that the order is enforceable in Brunei Darussalarn;
(c)
a certificate of arrears so signed;
(4 a statement giving such information as the officer possesses as to the whereabouts of the payer;
(e)
a statement giving such information as the officer possesses for facilitating the identification of the payer; and fl where available, a photograph of the payer, shall be sent by the court to the Attorney General, who shall transmit them to the responsible authority in the reciprocating country if he is satisfied that the statement relating to the whereabouts of the payer gives sufficient information to justify that being done.
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(4)
Nothing in this section shall be taken as affecting any jurisdiction of a court in Brunei Darussalam with respect to a maintenance order to which this section applies, and any such order may be enforced. varied or revoked accordingly.