Article 6
Functions of Privy Council
of Constitutional Matters I - Constitution of Brunei Darussalam
(1)
The Privy Council —
(a)
shall advise His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan on any amendment, addition or revocation of any provision of this
Constitution, in accordance with Article 85;
(b)
shall, subject to any written law, advise His Majesty the
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan on the appointment of persons to Malay customary ranks, titles, honours and dignities and the designation of the functions appertaining thereto; and
*(c)
shall perform such other functions as may be conferred on it by the Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959, any other written law or by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.
*As at the time of this Reprint, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan has, pursuant to the Constitution of Brunei Darussalam (Suspension)
Order, 2006 (S 15/2006), conferred on the Privy Council the function to advise His Majesty in connection with the exercise of His Majesty’s powers under Clause (1) of Article 9 of the Constitution of Brunei Darussalam.
(1A)
Save for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, the lawful
Successor declared under subsection (2) of section 3 of the Succession and
Regency Proclamation, 1959, the Deputy Sultan and the Regent, any
Member of the Privy Council who is a person of the blood of the Sultans of
Brunei Darussalam shall not attend or in any way participate in any meeting or part of the meeting dealing with any issue or matter involving, arising from, relating to, or in connection with, succession or of the provisions of any written law or custom relating to succession including, but not limited to, any matter relating to the receipt of the declarations referred to in subsection
(1)
of section 12 of the Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959, and the appointment of the Council of Regency under the Succession and Regency
Proclamation, 1959.
(2)
Minutes shall be kept of all proceedings of the Privy Council.
(3)
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall appoint some fit and proper person to be the Clerk to the Privy Council, and such person shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe before
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan or the senior male Regent, as the case may be, an oath in the form set out as Form 2 in Schedule 1.
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(4)
Subject to any written law, the exercise of any power conferred on, or the doing of any act or thing by, the Privy Council may be signified under the hand of the Clerk to the Privy Council.
(5)
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan is not bound to act in accordance with the advice of the Privy Council.