Article 15
Guardianship etc. of His Majesty during Regency
of Constitutional Matters II - Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959
When a Council of Regency has been appointed, unless the Privy
Council otherwise determines —
(a)
if His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan is under the age of 18 years, and unmarried, his mother, if she is living, shall have the guardianship of his person;
(b)
if His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, being married, is under the age of 18 years or has been declared under this
Proclamation to be incapable for the time being of performing the
State functions, the Consort of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan, if of the age of 18 or more, shall have the guardianship of the person of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
(c)
the Council of Regency shall, save in the cases aforesaid, have the guardianship of the person of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan; and the property of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan, save and except any private property which in accordance with the terms of any trust affecting it is to be administered by some other person, shall be administered by the
Council of Regency.