Proclamation under paragraph 8 of the Second Schedule

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CONSTITUTION OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

PROCLAMATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 8 OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

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

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

(JORDAN), 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

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:

WHEREAS by sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 8 of the Second Schedule to the

Constitutions of Brunei Darussalam, it is provided that His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall have the absolute discretion to proclaim that the

Legislative Council is or been properly and validly constituted, notwithstanding that no Members have been appointed under any one or more of sub-paragraphs

{i) to (iv) or under sub-paragraph /b/ of paragraph 1.

SEPTEMBER, 2005

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

Constitution of Brunei Darussalam do hereby proclaim that the Legislative

Council is or has been properly and validly constituted, notwithstanding that no Members have been appointed under any one or more of sub-paragraphs /aj{(i)

to (iv) or under sub-paragraph /b) of paragraph 1.

Done at OUR Istana Nurul Iman, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam this 6th. day of Syaaban, the Hijriah of Prophet Muhammad (on Whom be the benediction and peace of ALLAH) one thousand, four hundred and twenty-six corresponding to the 10th. day of September, .two thousand and five, being the thirty-eighth year of OUR Reign in Brunei Darussalam.

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