Proclamation of Emergency

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CONSTITUTION OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY

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.

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 of 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;

AND WHEREAS on the 9th. day of Safar, the Hijriah of the Prophet (on

Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH) one thousand four hundred and twenty-three corresponding to the 22nd. day of April, year two thousand and two of the Christian era, we did DECLARE AND PROCLAIM a state of emergency in the whole State of Brunei Darussalam;

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

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 this day a state of emergency in the whole State;

AND do hereby REVOKE our said recited Proclamation of Emergency done on the 9th. day of Safar, the Hijriah of the Prophet (on Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH) one thousand four hundred and twenty-three corresponding to the 22nd. day of April, year two thousand and two 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! O Lord of the Universe.

Done at the Istana Nurul Iman, Brunei Darussalam, this 16th. day of

Muharam, the Hijriah of the Prophet (on Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH) one thousand four hundred and twenty-five corresponding to the 8th. day of March, year two thousand and four of the Christian Era, being the thirty-seventh year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND

DATO PADUKA HAJI HAZAIR BIN HAJI ABDULLAH

Permanent Secretary,

Prime Minister's Office,

Brunei Darussalam.

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