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

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CONSTITUTION OF BRUNEI DARUSSJ~I.AM

PROCLAMATION UNDEK AKTICLE 55(l)

HIS MAJESTY

THE SULTIIN AND WNG 1)1 YEK'I'I'AN,

BRUNEI 1IAKUSSAI,AM,

In the name of ALLAH. [lit, C'orrtp~~ssiotlatr, fhc hkrciful, PRAISE be to ALLAH, the Lor+ri o( /he Universu., rrlrl-i IJI(II' tl:e hrirorIir,tion and perlce of ALLAH be rrpoll OUT

Leader Mrthompnod u n d rrpolr irll / 7 1 # Rulalions unrl Friends.

RY TTTII GRACE OF ALLAH, WE, SUTTAN TTAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH

MIJ'IZZADDIN WAL3LlrlL~L;\Tl TRNI AL-MARHUM SEL'L'AN HAJI OMAR 'ALT

SAIFUUD~EN SI\ /\nrIr, i<r r m r LVADULEN, SOVERE~GN AND CTTTEF OF THE

ROYAT, FAMILY ORDER OF '['HE CKOWN OF RRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND

ClIIEF OF THE hlCIS'1'

ESTEEhlrn FAMILY ORDEK LAlLA UTAMA,

SOVEHEIGN AND ClrTET OF THE bIOST ESTEEMED FAM11,Y ORDER SERI

L!'li\MA, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF 'I'HE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF

ISLAM NEGARA BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST

ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF PADIJKA LAILA JASA KEBEKANIAN GEMTLANG,

SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOS'1' EXALTET> ORDER OF PADUKA

KEEERANTAN LAILA 'TEKBILANG, SOVEREIGN AND CHlEF OF 'I'HE MOST

GALLANT ORDEK OF PAH1,AIVAN NEGARA BRUNEl SC)YEREIGN AND

CHlEF OF THE MOST BLESSED ORUEK OF SETlA NEGARA BRLlNEL,

SOVERETGN AND CHIEF OF THB MOST T)lSTlNGlIISHED ORDEK CIF

PADIJKA SEKI LAlLA JrISA, SOVERElGN AND CHlEF OF 'I'HE MOST

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

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 HONOURABLE ORDER

OF THE BATH (UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAlN AND NORTHERN

IRELAND), HONORARY

KNIGHT

GRAND

CROSS OF THE

MOST

DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE

[UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAlN AND NORTHERN IRELAND),

HONORARY COMMANDER OF THE MOST DlSTlNGUISHED ORDER OF

SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE (UNITED K(NGD0M 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

(JORDAN], THE CIVIL ORDER OF OMAN, FIRST CLASS (SULTANATE OF

OMAN), AL-KHALIFIA [BAHRArN), QUISSAM EL MOHAMMDI GRAND

COLLlER

(MOROCCO), THE

MOST

AUSPICIOUS

ORDER

OF THE

RAJAMITRABHORN [THAILAND), THE GREAT COLLAR OF THE BADR

(ARAB SAUDl], KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE SERAPHIM

[SWEDEN],

KNIGHT

GRAND

CROSS

THE

NETHERLANDS

(NETHERLANDS), QILADAT

AL-MUBARAK AL-KARIR

- COLLAR

MUBARAK THE GREAT (KUWAIT), GRAND ORDER OF MUGUNGHWA

(REPUBLlC OF KOREA), BINTANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA ADtPURNA

(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 PHI LIPPINES), THE ANCIENT

ORDER OF SIKATUNA RANK OF RAJAH (REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES],

THE ORDER OF TEMASEK, FIRST CLASS (REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE),

NISHAN-E-PAKISTAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN), GRAND CROIX

LEGION D'HONNEUR (REPUBLIC OF FRANCE), GRAND GROSS 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), PHOXAY LANE XANG (LAO

PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC), THE MOST EXALTED ROYAL FAMlLY

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

ORDER OF JOHOR (JOHORJ, THE MOST EXALTED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER

OF NEGERI SEMBILAN (NEGERI SEMBILAN), THE MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL

FAMILY ORDER OF SERI INDERA MAHKOTA PAHANG (PAHANG), THE

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

ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF SYED PUTRA (PERLIS), THE MOST ESTEEMED

ROYAL FAMlLY ORDER OF PERAK (PERAKJ, THE MOST EXALTED SUPREME

ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF TERENGGANU [TERENGGANU], THE MOST

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

EXALTED ORDER OF STAR OF SARAWAK ISARAWAK), SERI PANGLIMA

DARJ AH

KINABALU

( SABAH) , DARjAH KEPAHLAWANAN ANGKATAN

TENTERA - PANGLIMA GAGAH ANGKATAN TENTEM (MALAYSIA), THE

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (MILITARY) (REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE),

THE PHILIPPINES

LEGION

HONOUR

(DEGREE

CHIEF

AUGUST, zUl6

COMMANDER) (REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES), T1IE ClWSS OF HONOIIR

FOR FAIT11 AN11 FAl'l'HFULN~SS 'I'O I'HE STATE (UKRAINE), Lhc SuILan and

King Di Pert~~ai, o i the. Snlcrcign Slate arid 'l'erritury of Brunei n a r r l s s a l a ~ ~ ~

and a11

its Dependencies

TO ALL TO WIiOM 'I'HESE I'KESEN'I'S shall come.

WHEREAS by Art~r.lr % ( I ) of thc Constilulion of Brunei Dut ussala~n, it is provided that IIis Majesty thc Sullan and Yang Di-Pertitau ma): at any lime, by

Proclamation publishcd in [he Gazette, intw uliu, diqcolve thl: Lcgislnlivc Council.

AND WHEREAS by Article 5512) of thc Cor~slilution of Brunei Darussalarn, it is provided that His Majcsty thu 5ultnn and Yang Di-Pertuan shall dissolve the

Legislative Council at thu expiration o f 5 years from thc date when it first meets after it is iirst constituted nr is rectlt~stituted at any lime unless it has been moner dissolved.

AND WHEREAS thc Legislative Council t~o\v in being first met on [he 8th day of

Rabiulnkhir 133.3, [he Hijriah of the Prophct Muhammad (on Whom be the bct~~ediction kind peace of ALLAH) correspondin~ to the 1st day of Marc11 2812.

NOW THEREFOKE WE in exercise of the pcnvers confcrrcd upon US by the

Ccrnstitution r)l Brunei Darussalain do hcrcby proclaim that the Legislativc

Council of Brunei Darussalam bc dissolved as from the 3rd day of Zulkacdah, the

Hijriah o f thc Prophet Muhammad [on Whom be thc bcncclictivn and peace of

ALLAH) 1437 corresponding to the tit11 day of August 2016.

Done at OUR lstano Nurul Irnan, Bandar Srri Bzgacvatl, Erunei Darussalam this 7th. day of Zulkaedah, thc Hjjriah of Ihe Prophet Muhammad {on Whom be the benediction and pcact PI :ZT,l.AlJ) 1497 correspandi~zg to the 1Olh. day of August,

2016, being the forty-ninth yea]. of OUR Rcigrl in Brunei Darussalam.