Proclamation and Notice Under Article 52(2)

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CONSTITUTION OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

PROCLAMATION AND NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 52(2)

HIS MAJESTY

THE SULTAN AND YANG DI-PERTUAN,

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM.

In the name of ALLAH, the Compassionate, the Merciful, PRAISE be to ALLAH, the Lord of the Universe, and may the benediction and peace of ALLAH be upon Our

Leader Muhammad and upon all his Relations and Friends.

BY THE GRACE OF ALLAH, WE, SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH

MU'IZZADDIN WADDAULAH IBNI AL-MARHUM SULTAN HAJI OMAR

‘ALI SAIFUDDIEN SA’‘ADUL KHAIRI WADDIEN, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF

OF THE ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF THE CROWN OF BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN

AND CHIEF OF THE MOST ESTEEMED FAMILY ORDER, SOVEREIGN AND

CHIEF OF THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF ISLAM OF BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN

AND CHIEF OF THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF

PADUKA LAILA JASA KEBERANIAN GEMILANG, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF

OF THE MOST EXALTED ORDER OF PADUKA KEBERANIAN LAILA

TERBILANG, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST GALLANT ORDER OF

PAHLAWAN NEGARA BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST

BLESSED ORDER OF SETIA NEGARA BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF

OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF PADUKA SERI LAILA JASA,

SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE

CROWN OF BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST FAITHFUL

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ORDER OF PERWIRA AGONG NEGARA BRUNEI, HONORARY KNIGHT

GRAND CROSS, THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (UNITED

KINGDOM), HONORARY KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST

DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE

(UNITED KINGDOM), DARJAH UTAMA SERI MAHKOTA NEGARA

(MALAYSIA), COLLAR OF THE SUPREME ORDER OF THE

CHRYSANTHEMUM (JAPAN), THE ORDER OF AL-HUSSEIN BIN ALI

(JORDAN), THE CIVIL ORDER OF OMAN, FIRST CLASS (OMAN),

AL-KHALIFIA (BAHRAIN), OUISSAM EL MOHAMMDI GRAND COLLIER

(MOROCCO), THE MOST AUSPICIOUS ORDER OF THE RAJAMITRABHORN

(THAILAND), THE GREAT COLLAR OF THE BADR (ARAB SAUDI), KNIGHT

OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE SERAPHIM (SWEDEN), GRAND ORDER OF

MUGUNGHWA (REPUBLIC OF KOREA], BINTANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA

ADIPURNA (REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA), COLLAR OF THE NILE (REPUBLIC

OF EGYPT), THE ORDER OF LAKANDULA WITH THE RANK OF GRAND

COLLAR SUPREMO (REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES), THE ANCIENT

ORDER OF SIKATUNA RANK OF RAJAH (REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES),

THE ORDER OF TEMASEK, FIRST CLASS (REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE},

NISHAN-E-PAKISTAN (REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN], GRAND CROIX LEGION

D'HONNEUR (REPUBLIC OF FRANCE), GRAND CROSS SPECIAL CLASS OF

THE ORDER OF MERIT (REPUBLIC OF GERMANY), THE ORDER OF PRINCE

YAROSLAV THE WISE, FIRST CLASS (UKRAINE), PHOXAY LANE XANG (LAO

PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY

ORDER (FIRST CLASS) (KELANTAN), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY

ORDER (FIRST CLASS) (JOHORE), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER

(FIRST CLASS) (NEGERI SEMBILAN]), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY

ORDER OF SERI INDERA MAHKOTA PAHANG (PAHANG}, MOST ESTEEMED

ROYAL FAMILY ORDER (FIRST CLASS) (SELANGOR), MOST ESTEEMED

ROYAL FAMILY ORDER (FIRST CLASS) (PERLIS), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL

FAMILY ORDER (FIRST CLASS) (PERAK), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY

ORDER (FIRST CLASS) (TERENGGANU}, MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY

ORDER (FIRST CLASS) (KEDAH), DARJAH UTAMA BINTANG SARAWAK

(SARAWAK), SERI PANGLIMA DARJAH KINABALU (SABAH), FIRST

GALLANTRY ORDER OF THE MALAYSIAN ARMED FORCES (MALAYSIA),

THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (MILITARY) (REPUBLIC OF

SINGAPORE}, THE PHILIPPINES LEGION OF HONOUR (DEGREE OF CHIEF

COMMANDER] (REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES), THE CROSS OF HONOUR

FOR FAITH AND FAITHFULNESS TO THE STATE (UKRAINE}, the Sultan and

Yang Di-Pertuan of the Sovereign State and Territory of Brunei Darussalam and all its Dependencies.

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MARCH, 2010

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS shall come.

GREETINGS:

WHEREAS by Clause {1} of Article 52 of the Constitution of Brunei Darussalam, it is provided that unless otherwise directed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang

Di-Pertuan, there shall be a session of the Legislative Council once at least in every year, so that a period of more than 12 months shall not intervene between the last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session.

AND WHEREAS by Clause (2) of Article 52 of the Constitution of Brunei

Darussalam, it is provided that each session of the Legislative Council shall be held at such place and shall commence and end at such time as His Majesty the

Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may from time to time, by notice published in the

Gazette, appoint.

NOW THEREFORE WE in exercise of the powers conferred upon US by the

Constitution of Brunei Darussalam do hereby appoint the 25th day of Rabiulawal, the Hijriah of Prophet Muhammad (on Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH) one thousand, four hundred and thirty-one corresponding to the 11th day of March two thousand and ten, to be the date for the commencement of a session of the Legislative Council to be held at the Bilik Persidangan Majlis

Mesyuarat Negara, Dewan Majlis, Bandar Seri Begawan at 9.30 o'clock in the forenoon.

Done at OUR Istana Nurul Iman, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam this 20th day of Rabiulawal, the Hijriah of Prophet Muhammad (on Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH} one thousand, four hundred and thirty-one corresponding to the 6th day of March, two thousand and ten, being the forty-third year of OUR Reign in Brunei Darussalam.

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