Article 42

any Bill, motion, petition or business relating to the issue of

Bank Notes or the establishment of any Bank Association or the amendment of the constitution thereof;

any Bill, motion, petition or business which shall appear inconsistent with obligations imposed upon His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan by Treaty or Agreement with another power or

State;

any Bill, motion, petition or business relating to questions of defence or public security;

any Bill, motion, petition or business that may have the effect of lowering or adversely affect directly or indirectly the rights, position, discretion, powers, privileges, sovereignty or prerogatives of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, his Successors,

His Consort or other members of the Royal Family;

any Bill, motion, petition or business that may have the effect of lowering or adversely affect directly or indirectly the standing or prominence of the National Philosophy of Melayu Islam

Beraja (known in English as Malay Islamic Monarchy);

any Bill, motion, petition or business which would provide for or directly or indirectly affect the finances or currency of Brunei

Darussalam;

any Bill, motion, petition or business which would provide for or directly or indirectly affect the compounding or remitting of any debt due to Brunei Darussalam;

any Bill, motion, petition or business which would provide for or directly or indirectly affect the custody of the Consolidated

Fund, the charging of any money on the Consolidated Fund or the abolition of any such charge;

any Bill, motion, petition or business which would provide for or directly or indirectly affect the payment of moneys into the

Consolidated Fund or the payment, issue or withdrawal from the

Consolidated Fund of any moneys not charged thereon, or any alteration in any such payment, issue or withdrawal otherwise than by reducing it;

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any Bill, motion, petition or business which would provide for or directly or indirectly affect the receipt of moneys on account of the Consolidated Fund or the custody or issue of such moneys, or the audit of the accounts of Brunei Darussalam;

any Bill, motion, petition or business which would provide for or directly or indirectly affect the borrowing of money, or the giving of any guarantee by Brunei Darussalam, or the amendment of the law relating to the financial obligations of Brunei Darussalam; or

any Bill, motion, petition or business which would provide for or directly or indirectly affect the assignment of any tax or fee.

for the imposition or alteration of any fine or other pecuniary penalty or for the payment or demand of a licence fee, or a fee or charge for any service rendered; or

for the imposition, alteration or regulation of any tax or rate by any local authority or body for local purposes.