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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE Explanation—Though a publication is a publication relating to religions other than Islam by reason it is included under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), it is not a subject matter of an offence under this Order if that publication is for the best interest of, or benefits, the religion of Islam or Muslims.

"public servant" has denotes a person falling under any of the following description—
 * (a) any person holding office by virtue of any Commission or Warrant granted by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan or by his authority;
 * (b) any Syar'ie Judge;
 * (c) any police officer;
 * (d) any Registrar of a Court;
 * (e) any officer of a Court whose duty it is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate, or keep any document, or to take charge or dispose of any property, or to execute any judicial process, or to administer any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order in the Court, and every person specially authorised by a Court to perform any of such duties;
 * (f) any hakam or other person who causes the content or matter which has been referred for decision or report by any Court, or by any other competent public authority;
 * (g) any person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to place or keep any person in confinement;
 * (h) any Religious Enforcement Officer whose duty it is, as such officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences, to bring offenders to justice, or to protect the public health, safety or convenience;
 * (i) any officer whose duty it is as such officer, to take, receive, keep, or expend any property on behalf of Government or Majlis, or to make any survey, assessment, or contract on behalf of Government or Majlis, or to execute any revenue process, or to investigate or to report on any matter affecting the pecuniary interests of Government or Majlis, or to make, authenticate, or keep any document relating to the pecuniary interests of Government or Majlis, or to prevent the infraction of any law for the protection of the pecuniary interests of Government or Majlis, and every officer

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