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

APRIL, 2022

No. S 7

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 LAILA UTAMA,

SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST ESTEEMED FAMILY ORDER SERI

UTAMA, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF

ISLAM NEGARA BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST

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

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

THE

MOST

HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT

BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND), HONORARY KNIGHT GRAND CROSS

OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT

GEORGE (UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN

IRELAND], HONORARY COMMANDER OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED

ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE (UNITED KINGDOM 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

(HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN), THE CIVIL ORDER OF OMAN, FIRST

CLASS (SULTANATE OF OMAN), AL-KHALIFIA (KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN),

QUISSAM EL MOHAMMDI GRAND COLLIER (KINGDOM OF MOROCCO),

THE MOST AUSPICIOUS ORDER OF THE RAJAMITRABHORN (KINGDOM

OF THAILAND), THE GREAT COLLAR OF BADR (KINGDOM OF SAUDI

ARABIA), KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE SERAPHIM (KINGDOM

OF SWEDEN), KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE NETHERLANDS (KINGDOM

OF THE NETHERLANDS), QILADAT AL-MUBARAK AL-KABIR - COLLAR OF

MUBARAK THE GREAT (KUWAIT), GRAND ORDER OF MUGUNGHWA

(REPUBLIC OF KOREA), BINTANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA ADIPURNA

(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 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 ISLAM PAKISTAN), GRAND CROIX LEGION

D'HONNEUR (REPUBLIC OF FRANCE), GRAND CROSS 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 FAMILY ORDER OF

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

JOHOR (JOHOR), THE MOST EXALTED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF NEGERI

SEMBILAN (NEGERI SEMBILAN) , THE MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY

ORDER OF SRI 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

FAMILY ORDER OF PERAK (PERAK], THE MOST EXALTED SUPREME ROYAL

FAMILY ORDER OF TERENGGANU (TERENGGANU), THE MOST ESTEEMED

ROYAL FAMILY OF KEDAH (KEDAH), THE MOST EXALTED ORDER OF STAR

OF SARAWAK (SARAWAK) , SERI PANGLIMA DARJAH KINABALU (SABAH) ,

DARJAH KEPAHLAWANAN ANGKATAN TENTERA - PANGLIMA GAGAH

ANGKATAN TENTERA (MALAYSIA), THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER

(MILITARY) (REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE), THE PHILIPPINES LEGION OF

APRIL, 2022

HONOUR

(DEGREE OF CHIEF COMMANDER] (REPUBLIC OF THE

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.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS shall come.

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GREETINGS:

WHEREAS by Article 55(1) of the Constitution of Brunei Darussalam, 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 Article 55(2) 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 7th day of

Jamadilakhir 1438 Hijriah corresponding to the 6th day of March 2017.

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 3rd day of Sya'ban 1443

Hijriah corresponding to the 6th day of March 2022.

Done at OUR Istana Nurul Iman, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam this 4th. day of Ramadhan, 1443 Hijriah corresponding to the 6th. day of April, 2022, being the fifty-fifth year of OUR Reign in Brunei Darussalam.