Article 6
Council of Succession [S 23/2021]
of Constitutional Matters II - Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959
(1)
There is hereby established the Majlis Mesyuarat Mengangkat
Raja Brunei, to be styled in English as the Council of Succession.
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(2)
The Council of Succession shall consist of —
(a)
such Malay Members of the Council of Ministers professing the Islamic Religion, save where His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan otherwise decides, as may be appointed by
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
(b)
any person who holds the dignitary or office of Cheteria or any Pehin Manteri appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan;
(c)
Ex-Officio Members, namely the Mufti Kerajaan and Chief
Syar’ie Judge;
(d)
any Malay Member of the Religious Council professing the
Islamic Religion and has expertise in Hukum Syara’ appointed by
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
(e)
persons of the Malay race professing the Islamic Religion as are appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.
(3)
No person of the blood of the Sultans of Brunei Darussalam shall be a Member of the Council Succession.
(4)
Every Member of the Council of Succession shall hold his office during His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan’s pleasure.
(5)
Save where His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan otherwise decides, the President of the Council of Succession shall consist of a Member of the Council of Succession appointed under subsection (2)(b)
and the Vice-President shall consist of a Member of the Council of
Succession who has expertise in Hukum Syara’ and, in the absence or inability or unwillingness to act of the President, the Vice-President shall discharge the function of the President under this Proclamation or otherwise.
(6)
If, during the Interim Period, there is for any reason no President or Vice-President of the Council of Succession, or in the absence or inability or unwillingness to act of the President or the Vice-President of the Council of Succession, as the case may be, the most senior Member of the Council of
Succession present shall be the President and the second most senior among the Members of the Council of Succession present shall be the
Vice-President.
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