Proclamation of Emergency

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THE CONSTITUTION OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY

HIS MAJBSTY mB SULTAN

AND YANG DI-PBRTUAN

BRUNBI 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.

WHEREAS it is provided under section 83 of the Constitution of

Brunei Darussalam, that whenever it appears to His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan that an occasion of public danger exists whereby the security or economic life of the State, or any part thereof, is threatened, whether by war or external aggression or internal disturbance, actual or threatened, he may by Proclamation declare a state of emergency either in the whole State or in such part of the State as may be specified in the

Proclamation ;

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

AND WHEREAS on the 14th day of Rabiulawal, the Hijrah of the

Prophet (on whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH) one thousand four hundred and seventeen corresponding to the 30th day of July, one thousand nine hundred and ninety six of the Christian era, we did

DECLARE AND PROCLAIM a state of emergency in the whole State of

Brunei Darussalam ;

AND WHEREAS it is provided under section 83 of the Constitution of Brunei Darussalam that no Proclamation of Emergency shall be in force for more than two years, without prejudice, however, to the issue by His

Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of another such proclamation at or before the end of that period ;

AND WHEREAS it appears to us that an occasion of public danger exists whereby the security of the State is threatened ;

NOW, THEREFORE, 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 FAMILY ORDER OF THE CROWN OF BRUNEI,

Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of the State and Territory of Brunei

Darussalam and all its Dependencies ;

Do hereby DECLARE AND PROCLAIM as of t~is day a state of emergency in the whole State;

AND do hereby REVOKE our said recited Proclamation of

Emergency done on the 14th day of Rabiulawal, the Hijrah of the Prophet

(on Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH) one thousand four hundred and seventeen corresponding to the 30th day of July, one thousand nine hundred and ninety six of the Christian era.

So be it. Such is the Proclamation of Emergency.

May ALLAH, to Whom be praise and Whose name be exalted the

King of Kings, vouchsafe His grace and may the Prophet Muhammad (on

Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH} grant His Blessings to this

Proclamation. Amen! 0 Lord of the Universe.

Done at the Istana Nurul Iman, Brunei Darussalam, this 3rd day of

Rabiulawal the Hijrah of the Prophet {on Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH) one thousand four hundred and nineteen corresponding 212

to the 27th day of June, one thousand nine hundred and ninety eight of the Christian era, being the thirty-first year of Our Reign.

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BY COMMAND

PENGIRAN HAJJ BAHRIN

(Pengiran Laila Kanun Dirajal

Minister of Law,

Brunei Darussalam.