Constitutional Matters I - Constitution of Brunei Darussalam · Revised Edition · Part 6
33. Temporary appointments
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where for the time being —
one of the Members is appointed to act as Regent;
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the seat of a Member is vacant otherwise than by reason of a dissolution of the Legislative Council;
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a Member is unable to sit in the Legislative Council in consequence of a declaration or suspension by His Majesty the
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan or that Council, as provided in
Clause (4) or (5) of Article 31; or
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the seat of a Member shall become vacant for whatever reason,
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may, by Instrument under the
State Seal, appoint a person to be a Member for the period of such vacancy.
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Every person so appointed shall, so long as his appointment shall subsist, for all intents and purposes be a Member of the Legislative
Council, and Part 6 shall apply to him accordingly.
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For the purposes of this Article, any temporary appointment shall cease to have effect on notification by the Clerk to the Legislative
Council to the person appointed of the revocation of the appointment, or on the supersession of the appointment by the definitive appointment of a person to fill the vacancy.
Terms defined in art 2
Clerk to the Legislative Council
Defined · art 2“Clerk to the Legislative Council” includes any person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to be Deputy Clerk to that Council;
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan
Defined · art 2“His Majesty” or “His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan” means — (a) a Sultan whose accession to the throne has been proclaimed whether or not he has been crowned as the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, irrespective of whether a declaration has been made and confirmed under section 12 of the 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; (b) his lawful Successor listed in, referred to or comtemplated by subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 3 of Constitution of Brunei Darussalam 14 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 (c) to the extent to which a Deputy to His Majesty the 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;
instrument
Defined · art 2“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;
Legislative Council
Defined · art 2“Legislative Council” means the Legislative Council established by Article 23;
Regent
Defined · art 2“Regent” means a Regent duly appointed under or referred to in the Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959;
State Seal
Defined · art 2“State Seal” means the Seal of Brunei Darussalam referred to in Article 79;