Section 6
Registration in Brunei Darussalam
of Maintenance Orders Reciprocal Enforcement Act
(1)
This section applies to a maintenance order made, whether before or after the commencement of the Act, by a court in a reciprocating country, including such an order made by such a court which has been confirmed by a court in another reciprocating country but excluding a provisional order which has not been confirmed.
(2)
Where a certified copy of an order to which this section applies is received by the Attorney General from the responsible authority in a reciprocating country, and it appears to the Attorney General that the payer
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Reciprocal Enforcement under the order is residing in Brunei Darussalam, he shall send the copy of the order to the appropriate court.
(3)
Where the appropriate court receives from the Attorney General a certified copy of an order to which this section applies, it shall, subject to subsection (4), register the order in the prescribed manner in that court.
(4)
Before registering an order under this section, the court shall take such steps as it thinks fit for the purpose of ascertaining whether the payer under the order is residing within the jurisdiction of the court, and if after taking those steps it is satisfied that the payer is not so residing, it shall return the certified copy of the order to the Attorney General with a statement giving such information as it possesses as to the whereabouts of the payer.