The Brunei (Appeals) (Amendment) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/255
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Brunei (Appeals) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

Section 2

Article 2 of the Brunei (Appeals) Order 1989 shall be amended:—

(a) by inserting immediately after paragraph (3) the following paragraphs:—

(4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article, the Committee shall have jurisdiction in respect of appeals from the Supreme Court to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in any case arising in a civil matter only where the parties to the proceedings have at any time before the hearing of the case on appeal by the Supreme Court consented in writing to be bound by an appeal to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in that case.

(5) The Committee shall not have jurisdiction in respect of appeals from the Supreme Court to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in any criminal matter.

(b) by deleting sub-paragraph (2)(c);

(c) by deleting the semi-colon and the word “and” after sub-paragraph (2)(b) and inserting a comma; and

(d) by inserting the word “and” after sub-paragraph (2)(a).