Interpretation and General Clauses Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
50. Brunei Darussalam
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Whenever, by any written law, an Act of Parliament or Order in
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;
Council has been, or is hereafter, applied to Brunei Darussalam, including any statute of general application which applies by virtue of the Application of Laws Act (Chapter 2) —
Brunei Darussalam
“Brunei Darussalam” means the State of Brunei Darussalam and includes the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam and Negara Brunei Darussalam and also includes the continental shelf;
it shall be lawful for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan in Council, by regulations not inconsistent with any such written law, to provide for such modifications, as to names, localities, courts, officers, persons, moneys, penalties and otherwise, as may be necessary to make it applicable to the circumstances of Brunei
Darussalam; and
if no such regulations are made or if there is any respect in which such regulations are silent, such Act or Order in Council shall nevertheless be deemed to apply with such modifications as may be necessary to make it applicable to the circumstances of Brunei
Darussalam.
Without prejudice to subsection (1), in any case in which a statute of general application applies to Brunei Darussalam by virtue of the
Application of Laws Act (Chapter 2), a reference to a sum of money, or part thereof, in pounds sterling is deemed to refer to ten times the equivalent number of dollars, and a reference to a sum of money, or part thereof, in multiples of 5 new pence is deemed to refer to half the equivalent number of dollars.
act
“act”, used with reference to an offence or civil wrong, includes a series of acts, and words which refer to acts done extend to omissions;
For the purposes of subsection (2), “dollar” means the currency so designated which is legal tender in Brunei Darussalam by virtue of the
Currency Order, 2004 (S 16/2004).
Interpretation and General Clauses
Construction of references in written law to Acts of Parliament and
Terms defined in s 3
act
Defined · s 3“act”, used with reference to an offence or civil wrong, includes a series of acts, and words which refer to acts done extend to omissions;
Brunei Darussalam
Defined · s 3“Brunei Darussalam” means the State of Brunei Darussalam and includes the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam and Negara Brunei Darussalam and also includes the continental shelf;
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;
Order in Council
Defined · s 3“Order in Council” means an Order made by Her Britannic Majesty in Her Privy Council;
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;