Constitutional Matters I - Constitution of Brunei Darussalam · Revised Edition · Part 8
60. Annual estimates of receipts and expenditure
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall, in respect of every financial year, cause to be laid before the Legislative Council a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Government for that year and, unless the Legislative Council by written law in respect of any year otherwise provides, that statement shall be so laid before the commencement of that year.
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan
“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;
The estimates of expenditure shall show separately —
the total sums required to meet expenditure charged on the
Consolidated Fund; and
subject to Clause (3), the sums respectively required to meet the heads of other expenditure proposed to be met from the
Consolidated Fund.
The sums to be shown under paragraph (b) of Clause (2) shall not include —
sums representing the proceeds of any loan raised by the
Government for any specific purpose and appropriated for such purpose by or under the written law or Act authorising the raising of that loan; and
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sums representing any money, or interest on money, received by the Government subject to a trust and to be applied in accordance with the terms of that trust.
The statement shall also show, so far as practicable, the assets and liabilities of the Government, other than the assets and liabilities of the
Government
“Government” means the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
Brunei Investment Agency, at the end of the last completed financial year, the manner in which those assets are invested or held and the general heads in respect of which those liabilities are outstanding.
Brunei Investment Agency
“Brunei Investment Agency” means the body corporate established by the Brunei Investment Agency Act;
Terms defined in art 2
Brunei Investment Agency
Defined · art 2“Brunei Investment Agency” means the body corporate established by the Brunei Investment Agency Act;
Government
Defined · art 2“Government” means the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
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;
Legislative Council
Defined · art 2“Legislative Council” means the Legislative Council established by Article 23;
written law
Defined · art 2“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; Constitution of Brunei Darussalam