2. Interpretation

Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959 that by reason of infirmity of mind or body he is for the time being incapable of performing the State functions;

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CONST. I the Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959 or a Regent or a Council of Regency appointed by virtue of or under section 11, 12, 13 or 17 of the Succession and Regency

Proclamation, 1959 for the time being exercising State functions, in relation to any permitted or authorised act; and

Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan is permitted or authorised to act by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, that Deputy in relation to that permitted or authorised act;

“His Majesty in Council” or “His Majesty the Sultan and Yang

Di-Pertuan in Council” means His Majesty the Sultan and Yang

Di-Pertuan acting after consultation with the Council of

Ministers, but not necessarily in accordance with the advice of that Council nor necessarily in that Council assembled;

“instrument” includes any publication in the Gazette, whether or not such publication merely purports to publish the doing of an act or the occurrence of a fact or event, or otherwise conveys or purports to convey information;

“Islamic Religion” means the Islamic Religion according to the

Shafeite sect of Ahlis Sunnah Waljamaah;

“Kepala Wazir” means the noble and illustrious personage known as the Duli Pengiran Perdana Wazir Sahibul Himmah

Wal-Waqar;

“Legislative Council” means the Legislative Council established by Article 23;

“meeting”, in relation to the Legislative Council, means all sittings of that Council held during a period beginning when that

Council first meets after being summoned at any time and ending when that Council is next thereafter either adjourned sine die or prorogued or dissolved without having been prorogued;

“Minister” means a person appointed under Clause (3) of

Article 4;

“Mufti Kerajaan” means the person appointed as such by

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under the Religious

Council and Kadis Courts Act (Chapter 77);

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“Muslim revenue and funds” means all revenues and funds to which Part IV of the Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act

(Chapter 77) applies;

“pension rights” includes superannuation rights and provident funds rights;

“person of the blood of the Sultans of Brunei Darussalam”

means a person who is a lawfully begotten descendant of

Al-Marhum Sultan Mohamed Jamalul-alam or, if there is no such male descendant, a person who is a lawfully begotten descendant of the grandfather in the male line of the reigning

Sultan or, if there is no reigning Sultan, a lawfully begotten descendant of the grandfather in the male line of the last reigning Sultan;

“Privy Council” means the Privy Council established by

Clause (1) of Article 5;

“public office” means any office of emolument, remuneration or allowance (including pension or other like allowance) in respect of his tenure in the Government but does not include the

Sultanate, the office of Regent, Kepala Wazir, Wazir, Chief

Justice, Speaker of the Legislative Council, Deputy Speaker of the

Legislative

Council,

Minister,

Deputy

Minister,

Parliamentary Secretary, Political Secretary, Member of the

Legislative Council, Ambassador, High Commissioner, Judge of the Supreme Court, Consul-General, Consul or such other office as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may by order published in the Gazette, prescribe;

“public officer” means the holder of any public office and includes any person appointed to act in any such office;

“Regent” means a Regent duly appointed under or referred to in the Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959;

“Religious Council” means the Religious Council constituted by

Part II of the Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act

(Chapter 77);

“Secretary to the Council of Ministers” means the person appointed under Article 22 and includes any person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to be Deputy

Secretary to that Council;

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“session”, in relation to the Legislative Council, means the meeting of that Council commencing when it first meets after being constituted under this Constitution, or after its prorogation or dissolution at any time, and terminating when that Council is prorogued or is dissolved without having been prorogued;

“sitting”, in relation to the Legislative Council, means the period during which that Council is sitting continuously without adjournment, and includes any period during which that Council is in Committee;

“Speaker” means the Speaker of the Legislative Council appointed under Clause (1) of Article 37 and includes any person appointed to be his Deputy;

“Standing Orders” means the Standing Orders of the Legislative

Council made pursuant to Article 48;

“State functions” means the powers, authorities and privileges vested in His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan by this

Constitution, by any other written law or by virtue of His

Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan’s prerogative;

“State Seal” means the Seal of Brunei Darussalam referred to in

Article 79;

“Supreme Court” means the Supreme Court of Brunei

Darussalam established under the Supreme Court Act

(Chapter 5);

“tax” includes an impost or a duty but does not include a rate levied for local purposes or a fee for services rendered;

“Wazirs” means the Duli Pengiran Perdana Wazir Sahibul

Himmah Wal-Waqar, the Pengiran Bendahara Seri Maharaja

Permaisuara, the Pengiran Digadong Sahibul Mal, the Pengiran

Pemancha Sahibul Rae’ Wal-Mashuarah and the Pengiran

Temanggong Sahibul Bahar;

“written law” includes all Acts, Orders, Proclamations and subsidiary legislation, or any part thereof, but does not include any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order of

Her Britannic Majesty in Council or any Law which no authority in Brunei Darussalam is empowered to amend;

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“Yang Di-Pertua Adat Istiadat” means the noble and illustrious personage known as the Duli Pengiran Pemancha or the person appointed under Clause (3) of Article 3A by His Majesty the

Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.