Interpretation and General Clauses Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
51. Orders in Council and legislation enacted thereunder
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A reference in any written law or in any instrument thereunder to an Act of Parliament or an Order in Council shall include a reference to the same, as the same may from time to time be amended, and to any Act of
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;
Parliament or Order in Council re-enacting, with or without modification, the provisions of such Act of Parliament or Order in Council.
Subsection (1) shall have effect, in relation to regulations, rules or other provisions having legislative effect by virtue of any Act of
Parliament or Order in Council, as it has effect in relation to such Act or
Order in Council
“Order in Council” means an Order made by Her Britannic Majesty in Her Privy Council;
Order in Council.
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;
instrument
Defined · s 3“instrument” includes any publication in the Gazette, whether or not such publication merely purports to publish the doing of an act or the occurrence of a fact or event, or otherwise conveys or purports to convey information;
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;