Proclamation under Article 55(1): Proclamation Dissolution of the Legislative Council Proclamation under Article 55(1)

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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 LAlLA JASA KEBERANIAN GEMILANG, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF

OF THE MOST EXALTED ORDER OF PADUKA 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

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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

SUPREME

ORDER

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

(JORDAN),

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) IJOHORE), 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

(SARAWAKJ,

SERI

PANGLIMA

DARJAH

KINABALU

(SABAH),

FIRST

GALLANTRY ORDER OF THE MALAYSIAN ARMED FORCES (MALAYSIA),

DISTINGUISHED

SERVICE

ORDER

(MILITARY)

(REPUBLIC

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

COMMANDER) (REPUBLIC OF T·HE 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.

MARCH, 2011

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS shall come.

GREETINGS:

WHEREAS by Clause ( 1} of Article 55 of the Constitution of Brunei Darussalam 1 it is provided that His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may at any time, by

Proclamation published in the Gazette, inter alia, dissolve the Legislative Council.

AND WHEREAS by Clause (21 of Article 55 of the Constitution of Brunei

Darussalam, it is provided that His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall dissolve the Legislative Council at the expiration of 5 years from the date when it first meets after it is first constituted or is reconstituted at any time unless it has been sooner dissolved.

AND WHEREAS the Legislative Council now in being first met on the 15th day of

Safar, 1427, the Hijriah of the Prophet Muhammad (on Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH} corresponding to the 15th day of March, 2006.

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

Constitution of Brunei Darussalam, do hereby proclaim that the Legislative

Council of Brunei Darussalam be dissolved as from the lOth day of Rabiulakhir, the Hijriah of Prophet Muhammad (on Whom be the benediction and peace of

ALLAH) one thousand, four hundred and thirty-two corresponding to the 15th day of March, two thousand and eleven.

Done at OUR Istana Nurul Iman, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam this 9th day of Rabiulakhir, the Hijriah of Prophet Muhammad (on Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH) one thousand, four hundred and thirty-two corresponding to the 14th day of March, two thousand and eleven, being the forty-fourth year of OUR Reign in Brunei Darussalam.