Interpretation and General Clauses Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
48. Reduction, variation, remission and application of fees and charges
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any fee or charge by or under any written law made payable to the
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;
Government or to any public body or public officer, not being a fee or charge which is regulated by rules of court —
may be reduced or varied by order of His Majesty the
His Majesty
“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;
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council:
Provided that any variation thereof shall not exceed the original figure;
may, in any particular case and on any special ground, be remitted or refunded, in whole or in part, by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council.
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;
Interpretation and General Clauses
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;
public body
Defined · s 3“public body” means any executive or legislative council, any Government department or undertaking, any local or public authority or undertaking, any board, commission, committee or other body, whether paid or unpaid, which is vested with, or is performing, whether permanently or temporarily, duties of a public nature;
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;
rules of court
Defined · s 3“rules of court” means, when used in relation to any court, rules made by the authority having for the time being power to make rules and orders regulating the practice and procedure of such court;
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;