1. Syariah Penal Code Order 2013 articles under the Constitution of Brunei
Darussalam defines fines, imprisonment or both if one gets convicted of disrespecting the month of Ramadhan. The duration of Ramadhan in 2024 is from 12 March to 09 April 2023, however, dates maybe subject to change depending on the sighting of the moon.
2. Syariah Penal Code Order 2013 - Disrespecting the month of Ramadhan (Para 195, page 89):
a. 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.
b. 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.
c. 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.
d. 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.
