Section 18

An insurer or body of persons proposing to issue policies of insurance or to give securities for the purposes of this Act shall, unless incorporated in or residing within Brunei Darussalam, appoint one or more persons residing within Brunei Darussalam to act as agent for such insurer or body of persons and to accept on behalf of such insurer or body of persons service of process and of any notices required to be served or given.

Such insurer or body of persons shall file with the Authority the names and addresses of the person or persons appointed under subsection (1)

and shall, in the event of such person or persons ceasing to reside within

Brunei Darussalam or to be so appointed, within 7 days of such event, file with the Authority the names and addresses of one or more other such persons.

Any process or notice required to be served or given to such insurer or body of persons shall be sufficiently served or given if addressed to any person whose name has been filed and left at or sent by post to the address which has been so filed.

For the purposes of sections 4(4), 5(2), 9(2), 11(3) and 15,

“insurer” includes a person appointed under subsection (1).

Nothing in this section shall relieve any company from any obligation to register under any written law for the time being in force relating to companies.

Offences in respect of certificate of insurance.