Constitutional Matters III - Constitution (Financial Procedure) Order · Revised Edition · Part 2
4. Bank accounts
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No accounting officer shall open any public or official account in any bank without the authority in writing of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
accounting officer
“accounting officer” includes every public officer who is charged with the duty of collecting, receiving, or accounting for, or who in fact collects, receives or accounts for, any public moneys, or who is charged with the duty of disbursing, or who does in fact disburse, any public moneys, and every public officer who is charged with the receipt, custody or disposal of, or the accounting for, public stores or who in fact receives, holds or disposes of public stores, but does not include the Minister;
Di-Pertuan in respect of public moneys of Brunei Darussalam, and no bank shall permit an overdraft on any public or official account unless the same be authorised by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.
public moneys
“public moneys” means all revenue, loan, trust and other moneys and all bonds, debentures and other securities whatsoever raised or received by or on account of Brunei Darussalam, including cession moneys known as tulin and kuripan paid by the Governments of Constitution (Financial Procedure) Order 8 Sarawak and North Borneo to Brunei Darussalam, but does not include Zakat, Fitrah or similar Muslim revenues and funds;
Terms defined in art 2
accounting officer
Defined · art 2“accounting officer” includes every public officer who is charged with the duty of collecting, receiving, or accounting for, or who in fact collects, receives or accounts for, any public moneys, or who is charged with the duty of disbursing, or who does in fact disburse, any public moneys, and every public officer who is charged with the receipt, custody or disposal of, or the accounting for, public stores or who in fact receives, holds or disposes of public stores, but does not include the Minister;
public moneys
Defined · art 2“public moneys” means all revenue, loan, trust and other moneys and all bonds, debentures and other securities whatsoever raised or received by or on account of Brunei Darussalam, including cession moneys known as tulin and kuripan paid by the Governments of Constitution (Financial Procedure) Order 8 Sarawak and North Borneo to Brunei Darussalam, but does not include Zakat, Fitrah or similar Muslim revenues and funds;