Act · 2012 Revised Edition
Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan Act
A university college for religious teachersOfficial textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
s 1Citation
This Act may be cited as the Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri
Begawan Act.
s 2Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Constitution” means the Constitution of the Kolej Universiti set out in the Schedule;
“Kolej Universiti” means Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri
Begawan established by paragraph 3 of the Constitution;
“regulation” means any regulation made in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution or any statute;
“statute” means any statute made in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
s 3Kolej Universiti Constitution
The provisions of the Constitution shall, on 30th August 2008, being the date of commencement of this Act, take effect and have the force of law.
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The Kolej Universiti shall keep and maintain an office in Brunei
Darussalam which shall be its address for service for all notices and other written communications of all kinds.
All notices and other written communications shall, if left at the office kept and maintained under subsection (1), be deemed as having been duly served upon or delivered to the Kolej Universiti or such officer or authority to whom they may have been addressed.
s 5Copies of statutes etc. to be kept at Kolej Universiti Office
The Kolej Universiti shall keep at the office mentioned in section 4(1)
a copy of each current statute, regulation or other document required to be published under this Act or the Constitution, and shall keep the same available at all reasonable hours for inspection by the public and, where any book or copies of documents are, under this Act or the Constitution, required to be available for purchase by the public, such books or copies shall be kept available for purchase at such office or at some other place within Brunei
Darussalam as the Kolej Universiti may think fit.
The Minister of Finance shall cause to be paid to the Kolej
Universiti such moneys as may be approved by the Government from time to time as grants-in-aid to the Kolej Universiti.
All moneys paid to the Kolej Universiti under subsection (1)
shall be applied or expended by the Kolej Universiti for all or any of the purposes of the Kolej Universiti in accordance with the estimates approved under Part V of the Constitution.
A copy of the accounts of the Kolej Universiti for each financial year when prepared and audited in accordance with the Constitution shall, as soon as practicable after the completion of the audit, be sent to the Minister of Finance.
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Where any immovable property, not being State land, is needed for the purposes of the Kolej Universiti, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may direct the acquisition of such property, and in such a case such property may be acquired in accordance with the provisions of any written law relating to the acquisition of land for a public purpose and any declaration required under any such written law that such property is so needed may be made notwithstanding that compensation is to be paid out of the funds of the Kolej Universiti, and such declaration shall have effect as if it were a declaration that such land is needed for a public purpose made in accordance with such written law.
Expenses and compensation in respect of any immovable property acquired under subsection (1) shall be paid by the Kolej Universiti or from funds to be provided by the Government to the Kolej Universiti for such purpose.
All State land granted or immovable property acquired under this section shall vest in the Kolej Universiti, and an entry to that effect in the appropriate register shall be made by the proper registering authority.
s 8Rules
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may make rules generally for the purposes of this Act and may in such rules —
provide for the administration by the Kolej Universiti of any trust;
exempt from the provisions of section 3 of the Stamp Act
(Chapter 34) any instrument purporting to have been executed under the provisions of paragraph 42 of the Constitution;
generally make such provisions as may be necessary by reason of the establishment of the Kolej Universiti.
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s 9Exemption from estate duty
No estate duty shall be payable in respect of the amount of any bequest to the Kolej Universiti, and the value of the property passing on the death of any person shall be deemed not to include the amount of such bequest for the purpose of fixing the rate of estate duty.
s 10Gifts to Kolej Universiti exempt from income tax
The Kolej Universiti shall be deemed to be a charitable institution for the purposes of section 10(1)(f) of the Income Tax Act (Chapter 35).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Societies Act
(Chapter 203), the provisions of that Act shall have effect in relation to the
Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan Student’s Association, its constituent bodies, other student bodies and the Guild of Graduates constituted in accordance with the Constitution.
The appropriate Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, exempt the Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan Students’
Association and any of its constituent bodies or any other student body or the
Guild of Graduates from all or any of the provisions of the Societies Act
(Chapter 203) subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order.
s 12Enforcement of acts etc. done prior to date of commencement
Any thing done or any appointment made for, by or on behalf of the
Kolej Universiti prior to 30th August 2008, being the date of the commencement of this Act shall, on and after that date, be deemed to have been made for, by or on behalf of the Kolej Universiti.
Amendment etc. of Constitution.
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His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may amend, vary or add to the provisions of the Constitution or exempt any person or class of persons from any of such provisions.
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