Brunei Nationality Act · As enacted
9. Loss of status of subject of His Majesty
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject as hereinafter provided, where a person who is a subject of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan has, at any time after the appointed day, absented himself from Brunei Darussalam, for a continuous period of 5 years and is unable to provide proof to the satisfaction of His
Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan that he has maintained substantial
* Transferred to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan — [S 29/95]
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A person who has absented himself from Brunei Darussalam for the aforesaid period of 5 years but who, before the expiration thereof, has made application in the prescribed manner to His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan for a certificate that such person is maintaining substantial connection with Brunei Darussalam shall not, because of his absence during that period, cease to be a subject of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan unless and until he has been notified that such application has been refused. The grant of any such certificate shall be at the absolute discretion of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.
A person who is a subject of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan under section 4(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) shall not cease to be a subject of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under this section if, on such cesser, he would have no national status.
If any person who has ceased to be a subject of His Majesty the
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under this section, resumes residence within
Brunei Darussalam, he may apply to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan, in the prescribed manner and subject to any conditions that may be prescribed, for registration as a subject of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan and His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may, in his discretion, cause him to be registered as such.
A person who has the status of a subject of His Majesty the
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall cease to have such status if —
he voluntarily acquires the nationality or citizenship of any
State or country outside Brunei Darussalam; or
being a woman who has acquired such status by registration under proviso (B) to section 5(6), she acquires by reason of her subsequent marriage the nationality or citizenship of her husband being the nationality or citizenship of any State or country outside
Brunei Darussalam.
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