Proclamation and Notice Under Article 52(2)

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

No. S 9

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CONSTITUTION OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

PROCLAMATION AND NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 52(2)

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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 LAlLA UTAMA,

SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST ESTEEMED FAMILY ORDER SERI

UTAMA, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF

ISLAM NEGARA BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST

ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF PADUKA LAlLA JASA KEBERANIAN GEMILANG,

SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST EXALTED ORDER OF PADUKA

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KEBERANIAN LAlLA 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 LAlLA JASA, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST

HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE CROWN OF BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND

CHIEF OF THE MOST FAITHFUL' ORDER OF PERWIRA AGONG NEGARA

BRUNEI,

HONORARY

KNIGHT

GRAND

CROSS

OF

THE

MOST

HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT

BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND), HONORARY KNIGHT GRAND CROSS

OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT

GEORGE (UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND .NORTHERN

IRELAND), HONORARY COMMANDER OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED

ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE (UNITED KINGDOM OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND), DARJAH UTAMA SERI

MAHKOTA NEGARA (MALAYSIA), COLLAR OF THE SUPREME ORDER OF

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

(HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN), THE CIVIL ORDER OF OMAN, FIRST

CLASS (SULTANATE OF OMAN), AL-KHALIFA (KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN),

QUISSAM EL MOHAMMDI GRAND COLLIER (KINGDOM OF MOROCCO),

THE MOST AUSPICIOUS ORDER OF THE RAJAMITRABHORN (KINGDOM

OF THAILAND), THE GREAT COLLAR OF BADR (KINGDOM OF SAUDI

ARABIA), KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE SERAPHIM (KINGDOM

OF SWEDEN), KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE NETHERLANDS (KINGDOM

OF THE NETHERLANDS), QILADAT AL-MUBARAK AL-KABIR-COLLAR OF

MUBARAK THE GREAT (KUWAIT), GRAND ORDER OF MUGUNGHWA

(REPUBLIC OF KOREA), BINTANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA ADIPURNA

(REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA), COLLAR OF THE NILE (ARAB 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 ISLAM PAKISTAN), GRAND CROIX LEGION

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

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

OF MERIT, FIRST CLASS (UKRAINE), THE ORDER OF PRINCE YAROSLAV

THE WISE, FIRST CLASS (UKRAINE), GRAND COLLAR OF THE ORDER OF

TIMOR-LESTE (TIMOR-LESTE), GRAND COLLAR OF THE ORDER OF THE

SUN OF PERU (REPUBLIC OF PERU), THE ORDER OF INDEPENDENCE

(REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO), THE GRAND CROSS OF THE HUNGARIAN ORDER

OF MERIT WITH CHAIN AND GOLD STAR (HUNGARY), PHOXAY LANE

XANG (LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC), THE MOST EXALTED

ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF KELANTAN (KELANTAN), THE MOST ESTEEMED

ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF JOHOR (JOHOR),. THE MOST EXALTED ROYAL

FAMILY ORDER OF NEGERI SEMBILAN (NEGERI SEMBILAN), THE MOST

ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF SRI INDERA MAHKOTA PAHANG

(PAHANG), THE MOST EXALTED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF SELANGOR

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

(SELANGORJ, THE ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF SYED PUTRA (PERLIS), THE

MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF PERAK (PERAK), THE MOST

EXALTED

SUPREME

ROYAL

FAMILY

ORDERS

OF

TERENGGANU

(TERENGGANU), THE MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF KEDAH

(KEDAH), THE MOST EXALTED ORDER OF THE SULTAN IBRAHIM JOHOR,

FIRST CLASS. DATO' SRI MULIA SULTAN IBRAHIM JOHOR (JOHOR),THE

MOST EXALTED

ORDER OF STAR OF SARAWAK

(SARAWAK),

SERI

PANGLIMA

DARJAH

KINABALU

(SABAH),

DARJAH

KEPAHLAWANAN

ANGKATAN

TENTERA

-

PANGLIMA

GAGAH

ANGKATAN

TENTERA

(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

CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOUR (REPUBLIC OF PERU), the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of the Sovereign State and Territory of Brunei Darussalam and all its Dependencies.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS shall come.

GREETINGS:

WHEREAS by Article 52( 1) 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 Article 52(2) 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 22nd day of Ramadhan 1447 Hijriah corresponding to the 12th day of March 2026, to be the date for the commencement of a session of the Legislative Council to be held at the Dewan

Persidangan Majlis Mesyuarat Negara, Dewan Majlis, Jalan Dewan Majlis, Bandar

Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam at 9.00 o'clock in the forenoon.

Done at OUR Istana Nurul Iman, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam this 13th. day of Ramadhan, 1447 Hijriah corresponding to the 3rd. day of March 2026, being the fifty-ninth year of OUR Reign in Brunei Darussalam.

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