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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE Failure to perform Friday prayer.

194. Any male who is mukallaf who fails to perform the Friday prayer in a mosque without uzur syar'ie or without any reasonable excuse is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $200 for a first offence, a fine not exceeding $300 for a second offence, and a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a third or subsequent offence.

Disrespecting month of Ramadhan.

195. (1) Any person who consumes in public any food, drink or tobacco during the fasting hours in the month of Ramadhan is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

(2) Any person who sells or serves any food, drink or tobacco for immediate consumption at that spot, in a public place, during the fasting hours in the month of Ramadhan is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply to any medical practitioner or any other person who serves any food, drink or medicine to any patient during the fasting hours in the month of Ramadhan without which such patient will be affected.

(4) If any person fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (2) in his status as an employee for another person, his employer shall be deemed to have abetted such offence and to have caused the commission of such offence by reason of abetment unless he can prove that such offence was committed without his consent, power, knowledge or approval and that he took all reasonable steps to avoid such act from being committed.

Khalwat.

196. (1) Any Muslim who commits khalwat is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

(2) Any non-Muslim who commits khalwat with a Muslim is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

(3) In this section, "khalwat" means—
 * (a) living together, cohabiting, in confinement; or