Section 16th

AUGUST, 2005

No. $57

CONSTITUTION OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

PROCLAMATION UNDER ARTICLE 55(1}

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 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

(JJORDAN], 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

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

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

OF EGYPT), 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 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: