Article 8
Presiding in Privy Council
of Constitutional Matters I - Constitution of Brunei Darussalam
(1)
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall, so far as practicable, preside at meetings of the Privy Council.
(2)
In the absence of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, the person who shall preside shall be in the following priority —
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(a)
the lawful Successor declared under subsection (2) of section 3 of the Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959 if he is present in Brunei Darussalam;
(b)
if such an appointment has been made, the Deputy Sultan;
(c)
if the lawful Successor declared under subsection (2) of section 3 of the Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959 is absent and no Deputy Sultan has been appointed and a Council of
Regency has been appointed, the senior male Regent present;
(d)
if the lawful Successor declared under subsection (2) of section 3 of the Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959 is absent, no Deputy Sultan has been appointed and no Council of
Regency has been appointed, such Member of the Privy Council as
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may appoint; and
(e)
in any other case, the ex-officio Member of the Privy
Council present who stands first in the order in which those officers are referred to in paragraph (c) of Clause (2) of Article 5.