Constitutional Matters II - Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959 · art 9

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art 9Wrongful assumption of title of the Sultan’s Successor

Any person who, not having been duly proclaimed or determined in accordance with subsection (2), (3) or (4) of section 3 to be His Majesty the

Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan’s Successor or whose right to succeed has been revoked by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under section 3, claims or uses, or permits others to use in his regard, the title of Duli Yang

Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Muda Mahkota may, if His Majesty the

Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan or, if there is a Regency, if the Council of

Regency, so directs, be required formally to renounce such claim or use in the presence of the Privy Council; His Majesty the Sultan and Yang

Di-Pertuan may deprive the offender of any title, rank, dignity, decoration or precedence connected with Brunei Darussalam which the offender may in fact enjoy, and of any maintenance or other allowance payable to the offender by Brunei Darussalam.