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Constitutional Matters II - Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959 · art 4

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art 4Person excluded from succession to the throne

(1)

No person shall be considered a lawful Heir or a lawful

Successor unless he professes the Islamic Religion and is a male lawfully begotten descendant in the male line who is a person of the blood of the

Sultans of Brunei Darussalam.

(2)

A lawful Heir shall be excluded from the succession if his right to succeed has been forfeited under subsection (1) of section 10.