Proclamation under paragraph 8 of the Second Schedule

No. $ 1

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

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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 OF THE SUPREME ORDER OF THE

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

(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 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 MERIT,

FIRST CLASS (UKRAINE), 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 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.

JANUARY, 2012

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS shall come.

GREETINGS:

WHEREAS by sub-paragraph {1} of paragraph 8 of Second Schedule to the

Constitution 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

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

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 /a/(i} to

or under sub-paragraph /b/ of paragraph 1.