Section 3C
Section 3C
(1)
No local newspaper shall be printed or published in Brunei
Darussalam except by a company formed and registered under the
Companies Act (Chapter 39).
(2)
In every such company, the directors shall constitute citizens of
Brunei Darussalam or persons to whom a Residence Permit has been granted under regulations made under the Immigration Act (Chapter 17) or both.
(3)
No printer, publisher, editor, editor-in-chief or journalist, not being a citizen of Brunei Darussalam or a person to whom a Residence
Permit has been granted under regulations made under the Immigration Act
(Chapter 17), shall be connected in any such capacity with any such company unless he has previously obtained approval from the Office of the
Prime Minister.
(4)
Any person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.
Newspapers
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(5)
This section shall apply to any newspaper published at intervals not exceeding one week.
[S 86/2008]
Funds from foreign source for purposes of newspaper other than commercial purposes prohibited.