Constitutional Matters I - Constitution of Brunei Darussalam · art 45

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art 45Assent to Bills

(1)

When any Bill has been passed by the Legislative Council, such

Bill shall only become law either in the form in which it was passed or with

Constitution of Brunei Darussalam

CONST. I such amendments as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall think fit, if His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan assents to, signs and seals the Bill with the State Seal.

(2)

In the event His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan amends the Bill after it has been passed by the Legislative Council,

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall not be required to refer the

Bill back to the Legislative Council.

(3)

A law assented to by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang

Di-Pertuan shall come into operation on the date on which such assent shall be given, or, if it shall be enacted either in such law or in some other law

(including any law in force on the commencement of this Part) that it shall come into operation on some other date, on that date.