2.  (1) If a person, whether a citizen of Brunei Darussalam or not, does outside Brunei Darussalam –

(a) any act to or in relation to a protected person which, if he had done it in any part of Brunei Darussalam would have made him guilty of the offence of murder, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rape, voluntarily causing hurt, kidnapping, wrongful confinement or an offence under sections 322, 324, 326, 328, 361, 368 or 369 of the Penal Code; or

(b) in connection with an attack on any relevant premises or on any vehicle ordinarily used by a protected person which is made when a protected person is on or in the premises or vehicle, any act which, if he had done it in any part of Brunei Darussalam would have made him guilty of an offence under sections, 324, 326, 435 or 436 of the Penal Code, he shall in Brunei Darussalam be guilty of the offences aforesaid of which the act would have made him guilty if he had done it there.

(2) If a person in Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere, whether a citizen of Brunei Darussalam or not-

(a) attempts to commit an offence which, by virtue of the preceding subsection or otherwise, is an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection against a protected person or an offence mentioned in paragraph(b) of that subsection in connection with an attack so mentioned; or

(b) aids or abets the commission of such an offence or of an attempt to commit such an offence, he shall in Brunei Darussalam be guilty of attempting to commit the offence in question or, as the case may be, of aiding or abetting the commission of the offence or attempt in question.

(3) If a person in Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere, whether a citizen of Brunei Darussalam or not-

(a) makes to another person a threat that any person will do an act which is an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) of the preceding subsection; or

(b) attempts to make or aids or abets the making of such a threat to another person,

with the intention that the other person shall fear that the threat will be carried out, the person who makes the threat or, as the case may be, who attempts to make it or aids or abets the making of it, shall in Brunei Darussalam be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for 10 years and not exceeding the term of imprisonment to which a person would be liable for the offence constituted by doing the act threatened at the place where the conviction occurs and at the time of the offence to which the conviction relates.

(4) For the purposes of the preceding subsection it is immaterial whether a person knows that another person is a protected person.

followed by a legal definition of relevant terms

Brunei-Internationally Protected Persons Act-Article 2-1995-eng (full text in English, PDF)

link to the complete text of the Act: Brunei-Internationally Protected Persons Act-1995-eng

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