Section 214

In this section-

"international agreement" means any international agreement which has been ratified by or on behalf of Brunei Darussalam and which, in the opinion of the Minister, relates to merchant shipping or to any matter incidental to or connected with merchant shipping;

"agreement" includes an agreement which provides for the modification of another agreement.

The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and

Yang Di-Pertuan, by order make, in relation to Brunei Darussalam, such provision as appears to him to be requisite for enabling Brunei Darussalam to implement any international agreement.

The powers conferred by subsection (2) to make provision to implement an international agreement include power to provide for the provision to come into force although the international agreement has not come into force.

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), an order under that subsection may in particular include provision -

{a}

for amending this Order and any other written law to the extent requisite as mentioned in subsection (2);

{b) with respect to the application of the order to the Government and the extra-territorial operation of any provision made by or under the order;

{c)

for imposing penalties in respect of any contravention of a provision made by or under the order; and

{d)

for detaining any ship in respect of which such a contravention is suspected to have occurred and, in relation to such a ship, for applying section 206, with such modifications, if any, as are prescribed by the order.

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph {a} of subsection (4), the power to amend by virtue of that provision includes power so to amend this

Order and any other written law as to extend the scope of the subsidiary legislation which may be made by virtue thereof.

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