LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT is the English name of the Jabatan Pengangkutan Darat (JPD), a government department of Brunei Darussalam that operates under the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC). It is not a company. It is not incorporated under Brunei’s Companies Act (Chapter 39), so it has no company registration number, legal form or company-register status. A 1962-01-01 date given as an “incorporation date” is actually the date the department was established. The JPD’s own website says it was set up on 1 January 1962 to regulate land-transport matters, and that the first Controller of Land Transport was appointed that year in Bandar Seri Begawan.
The department’s legal basis is the Road Traffic Act (Chapter 68, Laws of Brunei, Revised Edition 2026, B.L.R.O. 2/2026). Section 3(1) provides for a Director of Land Transport appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan. Section 3(4) says every licence and registration book issued under the Act is issued by licensing officers on behalf of the Director, and section 4 requires the Director to keep the registers of motor vehicles and trailers.
The JPD describes three roles for itself:
- providing vehicle and driving licensing services online and at its service counters;
- enforcing road-traffic law and regulations;
- regulating motor-vehicle and driving safety standards against regional and international automotive standards.
In practice this covers driving licences (including converting foreign licences), vehicle registration and annual vehicle licences (road tax), ownership transfers, the tendering of vehicle registration numbers, vehicle inspection centres and approved workshops, licensing of commercial vehicles and public transport, and traffic enforcement.
The headquarters is at Kampung Mata-Mata, Gadong BE1710, Bandar Seri Begawan, in the Brunei-Muara District. According to the department’s history, it moved there on 25 July 1996. Its other offices are:
- the old JPD building at Km 5 Jalan Gadong (enforcement);
- the Training and Driving Test Circuit Complex at Kampung Sungai Akar;
- branches in Tutong, Mumong (Kuala Belait) and Temburong.
As a measure of scale, the department’s statistics page shows 329,068 active vehicles (those with a valid vehicle licence) and 191,965 inactive vehicles in 2025. It also shows 4,651 vehicles newly registered in 2026, as at 30 April 2026. The department publishes no company accounts, and no revenue figure is given for it here.
Recent milestones in the department’s own timeline include digital driving licences (2022), Class 3A driving tests (2024) and licence renewal through the DigitalJPD portal (2025).
Authorities with similar names exist in other countries. This record concerns the Brunei department, and three things identify it: the country code (BN), the Brunei-Muara location and the department’s own gov.bn website.
Sources
- Land Transport Department, Vision, mission and roles: https://www.jpd.gov.bn/vision-mission/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- Land Transport Department, Brief history: https://www.jpd.gov.bn/brief-history/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- Land Transport Department, Contact us: https://www.jpd.gov.bn/contact-us/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- Land Transport Department, Statistics (data as of 30 April 2026): https://www.jpd.gov.bn/statistics/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- Attorney General’s Chambers, Road Traffic Act, Chapter 68, Revised Edition 2026: https://www.agc.gov.bn/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CAP-68-2026-ED-ROAD-TRAFFIC-ACT.pdf (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications, Brief history: https://www.mtic.gov.bn/brief-history/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
Registration details
Officers
Directors and officers of LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT has no company directors, secretaries or board. Its head is a public office set by statute: section 3(1) of the Road Traffic Act (Chapter 68, Revised Edition 2026) provides for a Director of Land Transport (Pengarah Pengangkutan Darat) appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan. Under section 3(2), the Minister may, with His Majesty’s approval, appoint Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, licensing officers, enforcement officers and examiners, and section 3(3) places all of them under the Director’s direction. The department’s organisation chart shows a Director (Pengarah) and a Deputy Director (Timbalan Pengarah) above its divisions. It does not name anyone holding either post.
Two official releases from the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications name Yang Mulia Ridzuan bin Haji Ahmad as Acting Director of Land Transport (Pemangku Pengarah Pengangkutan Darat):
- a release published 2 November 2023, on a visit by Legislative Council members to the department;
- a release published 20 August 2025, on a National Road Safety Council press conference.
Ministry releases published on 24 and 25 May 2026 describe him as Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary (Transport) of the Ministry. The ministry had already used that title for him in September 2024. No source found establishes who holds the Director’s post as at 16 October 2026.
Data availability
Brunei publishes no officer register for government departments. Appointments are made under the Road Traffic Act and announced, if at all, in official releases. The JPD website’s own search returned no result for “Pengarah”, while a control search for “licence” on the same site did return results. Nationality is not published and is not stated here.
Sources
- Attorney General’s Chambers, Road Traffic Act, Chapter 68, Revised Edition 2026, section 3: https://www.agc.gov.bn/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CAP-68-2026-ED-ROAD-TRAFFIC-ACT.pdf (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- Land Transport Department, Organisation chart: https://www.jpd.gov.bn/organization-chart/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- MTIC, “Lawatan Yang Berhormat Ahli-Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Negara ke Jabatan Pengangkutan Darat” (published 2023-11-02): https://www.mtic.gov.bn/news-item/lawatan-yang-berhormat-ahli-ahli-majlis-mesyuarat-negara-ke-jabatan-pengangkutan-darat/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- MTIC, “Sidang Media Majlis Kebangsaan Keselamatan Jalan Raya (MKKJR)” (published 2025-08-20): https://www.mtic.gov.bn/news-item/sidang-media-majlis-kebangsaan-keselamatan-jalan-raya-mkkjr/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- MTIC, “MTIC Celebrates Maulidur Rasul” (published 2024-09-19): https://www.mtic.gov.bn/news-item/mtic-celebrates-maulidur-rasul/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- MTIC, Brunei Darussalam Climate Book launch (published 2026-05-25): https://www.mtic.gov.bn/news-item/launching-ceremony-of-the-brunei-darussalam-climate-book-in-conjunction-with-the-world-meteorological-day-2026-celebration/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- MTIC, Digital Lifelines Walk, WTISD 2026 (published 2026-05-24): https://www.mtic.gov.bn/news-item/digital-lifelines-walk-in-conjunction-with-the-world-telecommunication-and-information-society-day-wtisd-2026/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
Group Structure
Group structure of LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT is not part of a corporate group and has no parent company or subsidiaries. It is a department of the Government of Brunei Darussalam and sits within the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC). That link is administrative, not ownership. The ministry supervises the department; it does not hold shares in it.
MTIC’s own history lists the Land Transport Department among the departments of the Ministry of Communications, which was established in 1984. That ministry was renamed the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications on 15 December 2018. The JPD website lists three MTIC departments: the Civil Aviation Department, the Land Transport Department and the Meteorological Department. These are sibling units of one ministry, not sister companies.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC) | Brunei Darussalam | Not applicable (government ministry) | Supervising ministry (administrative, not a parent company) | Not applicable | Current | 2026-10-16 |
Recent structural changes
- 15 December 2018: the supervising Ministry of Communications was renamed the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications and split into a transport sector and an infocommunications sector (MTIC, Brief history).
Data availability
Not applicable: corporate-linkage concepts (parent, subsidiary, ownership percentage) do not apply to a government department. A search of the GLEIF LEI index on 2026-10-16 returned 42 records with a Brunei legal address, and none of them is this department or MTIC. The same-session controls “Brunei*” and “Baiduri*” returned 14 and 2 Brunei records.
Sources
- Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications, Brief history: https://www.mtic.gov.bn/brief-history/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- Land Transport Department, Press release page (site header listing MTIC departments): https://www.jpd.gov.bn/press-release/ (retrieved 2026-10-16)
- GLEIF LEI records API, filter by legal-address country BN: https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter[entity.legalAddress.country]=BN (retrieved 2026-10-16)
Frequently asked questions
What does LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT do?
LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT (Jabatan Pengangkutan Darat) is a Brunei government department under the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications, not a company. Established on 1 January 1962, it licenses drivers and vehicles, keeps the motor-vehicle registers and enforces road-traffic law under the Road Traffic Act (Chapter 68).
Who owns LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT?
It has no shareholders. A Brunei government department has no share capital and no owners in the company-law sense.
Who is LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
There is no ultimate beneficial owner. The department is an organ of the State of Brunei Darussalam, and no natural person holds an ownership interest in it.
What is LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT's company registration number?
The Land Transport Department (Jabatan Pengangkutan Darat) is a Brunei government department, not a company incorporated under the Companies Act (Chapter 39), so it has no company registration number.
Is LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT still an active company?
It is a government department in operation under the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications; it has no company-register status.
When was LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT incorporated?
It was not incorporated. Its own website says it was set up on 1 January 1962 to regulate land-transport matters.
What is LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT's registered address?
Its headquarters is at Kampung Mata-Mata, Gadong BE1710, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei-Muara District, where it moved on 25 July 1996.
What legal structure is LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT registered as?
None in company law. It is a department of the Government of Brunei Darussalam, with a Director of Land Transport provided for by section 3(1) of the Road Traffic Act (Chapter 68).
What is LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT's revenue?
As a government department it files no company accounts, and no revenue figure is given here. Its statistics page records 329,068 active vehicles in 2025.
Is LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT listed on a stock exchange?
It is not listed and cannot be: it is a government department with no shares.
Who are the officers/directors of LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT?
Its head is the Director of Land Transport, appointed by His Majesty the Sultan under section 3(1) of the Road Traffic Act. MTIC releases of 2023 and August 2025 name Ridzuan bin Haji Ahmad as Acting Director; who holds the post as at October 2026 is not established.
Does LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT have a parent company or subsidiaries?
It has no parent company or subsidiaries. It is administratively part of the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications, which is a supervising ministry, not an owner.
What law governs the LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT?
The Road Traffic Act (Chapter 68). Section 3(1) provides for a Director of Land Transport appointed by His Majesty the Sultan, section 3(4) has licences issued on the Director's behalf, and section 4 requires the Director to keep the motor-vehicle and trailer registers.
Where are the offices of the LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT?
Besides the Gadong headquarters, it has the old JPD building at Km 5 Jalan Gadong (enforcement), the Training and Driving Test Circuit Complex at Kampung Sungai Akar, and branches in Tutong, Mumong (Kuala Belait) and Temburong.
How many vehicles does the LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT register?
Its statistics page shows 329,068 active vehicles and 191,965 inactive vehicles in 2025, and 4,651 vehicles newly registered in 2026 as at 30 April 2026.
Can Zavia monitor changes to LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT's ownership over time?
This profile reflects a point-in-time snapshot. Zavia's monitoring API can track changes to LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT's registered shareholders, officers, and group structure going forward, flagging updates as they're filed rather than requiring a manual recheck.
Can I access LAND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT's data through an API?
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Where does this company information come from, and how current is it?
Checked against the Road Traffic Act (Chapter 68, Revised Edition 2026), the department's website, MTIC releases and GLEIF on 16 October 2026.