Interpretation and General Clauses Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
42. Power of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to appoint public officer to serve on Board and to appoint chairman
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Whenever, under the provisions of any written law, power is given to
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;
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan or to any public officer to appoint any person or persons to be a chairman or member of any board, commission, committee or similar body, it shall be lawful for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan or such public officer, as the case may be, so to appoint, by his official designation, any public officer; and, on such appointment and until such appointment shall be cancelled or otherwise determined, the person for the time being filling the office in question shall be the chairman or a member of such board, commission, committee or similar body.
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan
“His Majesty” or “His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan” means His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and includes — (a) a Sultan whose accession to the throne has been proclaimed whether or not he has been crowned as the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan; (b) where appropriate, a Council of Regency; and (c) to the extent to which a Deputy to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan is authorised to act, that Deputy;
Terms defined in s 3
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan
Defined · s 3“His Majesty” or “His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan” means His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and includes — (a) a Sultan whose accession to the throne has been proclaimed whether or not he has been crowned as the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan; (b) where appropriate, a Council of Regency; and (c) to the extent to which a Deputy to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan is authorised to act, that Deputy;
person
Defined · s 3“person” includes any company or association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate; and this interpretation applies notwithstanding that the word “person” occurs in a provision creating or relating to an offence or for the recovery of any fine or compensation;
public officer
Defined · s 3“public officer” means the holder of any public office and includes any person appointed to act in any such office;
written law
Defined · s 3“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;