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Interpretation and General Clauses Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Subsidiary Legislation and Instruments
Interpretation and General Clauses Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Subsidiary Legislation and Instruments
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where in any written law any document is required to be under the hand of or countersigned by a Minister in exercise of any powers conferred thereby, it shall be sufficient for such document to be under the hand of or signed or countersigned by the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry for which the Minister is responsible or by any public officer duly authorised in writing by the Minister.
written law
“written law” includes all Acts, Proclamation 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;
Minister
“Minister” means a person appointed under the provisions of Article 4(3) of the Constitution;
public officer
“public officer” means the holder of any public office and includes any person appointed to act in any such office;
writing
“writing” includes writing, printing, lithography, photography, typewriting, and every other mode of representing words or figures in a visible form; but, in the case of a book, “printing” does not include writing or typing. Nothing in this definition shall be taken to apply to signatures;
written law
“written law” includes all Acts, Proclamation 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;
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