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Judicial branch Brunei, in 36 editions.
The entry for Brunei published Judicial branch in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 17 editions. Each is shown as published. Judicial branch in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 17
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Judicial branch” (1990 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024Supreme Court Chief of State and Head of Government--Sultan and Prime Minister Sir Muda HASSANAL BOLKIAH Muizzaddin Waddaulah (since 5 October 1967)
Supreme Court Chief of State and Head of Government--Sultan and Prime Minister Sir Muda HASSANAL BOLKIAH Muizzaddin Waddaulah (since 5 October 1967)
- Supreme Court Chief of State and Head of Government--Sultan and Prime Minister Sir Muda HASSANAL BOLKIAH Muizzaddin Waddaulah (since 5 October 1967) Brunei United National Party (inactive), Anak HASANUDDIN, chairman;
- Brunei National Democratic Party (the first legal political party and now banned), leader NA
Supreme Court Chief of State and Head of Government--Sultan and Prime Minister Sir Muda HASSANAL BOLKIAH Muizzaddin Waddaulah (since 5 October 1967) Brunei United National Party (inactive), Anak HASANUDDIN, chairman; Brunei National Democratic Party (the first legal political party and now banned), leader NA
The same text in 4 editions, 1992 to 1995.
Supreme Court
Rewritten: too little of the 1991 text remains to mark the changes.
Supreme Court
Supreme Court, chief justice and judges are sworn in by the sultan for a three-year term
Supreme Court Court, chief justice and judges are sworn
in by the sultan for a three-year term
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
Supreme Court, chief justice and judges are sworn in by the sultan for three-year terms
Supreme Court, chief justice and judges are sworn
by the sultan for a three-year term terms
Supreme Court, chief justice and judges are sworn in by the monarch for three-year terms
Supreme Court, chief justice and judges are
sworn insultan monarch for three-year terms
Supreme Court, chief justice and judges are sworn in by the monarch for three-year terms
Supreme Court, chief justice and judges are
The same text in 5 editions, 2001 to 2005.
Supreme Court (chief justice and judges are sworn in by the monarch for three-year terms)
Supreme Court, chief Court (chief justice and judges are sworn in by the monarch for three-year terms terms)
The same text in 2006 and 2007.
- Supreme Court - chief justice and judges are sworn in by monarch for three-year terms;
- Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London is final court of appeal for civil cases;
- Shariah courts deal with Islamic laws (2006)
Rewritten: too little of the 2005 text remains to mark the changes.
Supreme Court - chief justice and judges are sworn in by monarch for three-year terms; Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London is final court of appeal for civil cases; Shariah courts deal with Islamic laws (2006)
The same text in 5 editions, 2008 to 2012.
- Supreme Court - chief justice and judges are sworn in by monarch for three-year terms;
- Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London is final court of appeal for civil cases;
- Sharia courts deal with Islamic laws (2006)
Supreme Court - chief justice and judges are sworn in by monarch for three-year terms; Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London is final court of appeal for civil cases; Shariah Sharia courts deal with Islamic laws (2006)
The same text in 2013 and 2014.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of Court of Appeal and High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges);
- Sharia Court of Appeal (consists of judges appointed by the monarch)
- note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts;
- the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch;
- Sharia Court of Appeal judges appointed by the monarch;
- judge tenure NA
- subordinate courts:
- Intermediate Court;
- Magistrate's Courts;
- Juvenile Court;
- small claims courts;
- lower sharia courts (2006)
Rewritten: too little of the 2012 text remains to mark the changes.
highest court(s):
Supreme Court (consists of Court of Appeal and High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges); Sharia Court of Appeal (consists of judges appointed by the monarch)
note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
judge selection and term of office:
Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch; Sharia Court of Appeal judges appointed by the monarch; judge tenure NA
subordinate courts:
Intermediate Court; Magistrate's Courts; Juvenile Court; small claims courts; lower sharia courts (2006)
- highest resident court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of Court of Appeal and High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges);
- Sharia Court of Appeal (consists of judges appointed by the monarch);
- note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts;
- the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch;
- Sharia Court of Appeal judges appointed by the monarch;
- judge tenure NA
- subordinate courts:
- Intermediate Court;
- Magistrate's Courts;
- Juvenile Court;
- small claims courts;
- lower sharia courts
highest resident court(s):monarch)monarch); note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
judge selection and term of office:
subordinate courts:(2006)
- highest resident court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of Court of Appeal and High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges);
- Sharia Court of Appeal (consists of judges appointed by the monarch);
- note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts;
- the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch;
- Sharia Court of Appeal judges appointed by the monarch;
- judges appointed for life
- subordinate courts:
- Intermediate Court;
- Magistrate's Courts;
- Juvenile Court;
- small claims courts;
- lower sharia courts
highest resident court(s): Supreme Court (consists of Court of Appeal and High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges); Sharia Court of Appeal (consists of judges appointed by the monarch); note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch; Sharia Court of Appeal judges appointed by the monarch; judge tenure NA judges appointed for life
subordinate courts: Intermediate Court; Magistrate's Courts; Juvenile Court; small claims courts; lower sharia courts
- highest resident court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of Court of Appeal and High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges);
- Sharia Court of Appeal (consists of judges appointed by the monarch);
- note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts;
- the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch;
- Sharia Court of Appeal judges appointed by the monarch for life
- subordinate courts:
- Intermediate Court;
- Magistrate's Courts;
- Juvenile Court;
- small claims courts;
- lower sharia courts
highest resident court(s): Supreme Court (consists of Court of Appeal and High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges); Sharia Court of Appeal (consists of judges appointed by the monarch); note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch; Sharia Court of Appeal judges appointed by the monarch; judges appointed monarch for life
subordinate courts: Intermediate Court; Magistrate's Courts; Juvenile Court; small claims courts; lower sharia courts
- highest courts:
- Supreme Court (consists of Court of Appeal and High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges);
- Sharia Court of Appeal (consists of judges appointed by the monarch);
- note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts;
- the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch;
- Sharia Court of Appeal judges appointed by the monarch for life
- subordinate courts:
- Intermediate Court;
- Magistrate's Courts;
- Juvenile Court;
- small claims courts;
- lower sharia courts
highest resident court(s): courts: Supreme Court (consists of Court of Appeal and High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges); Sharia Court of Appeal (consists of judges appointed by the monarch); note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch; Sharia Court of Appeal judges appointed by the monarch for life
subordinate courts: Intermediate Court; Magistrate's Courts; Juvenile Court; small claims courts; lower sharia courts
The same text in 3 editions, 2019 to 2021.
- highest courts:
- Supreme Court (consists of the Court of Appeal and the High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges);
- Sharia Court (consists the Court of Appeals and the High Court);
- note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts;
- the Judicial Committee of Privy Council (in London) serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch;
- Sharia Court judges appointed by the monarch for life
- subordinate courts:
- Intermediate Court;
- Magistrates' Courts;
- Juvenile Court;
- small claims courts;
- lower sharia courts
highest courts: Supreme Court (consists of the Court of Appeal and the High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges); Sharia Court of Appeal (consists the Court of judges appointed by Appeals and the monarch); High Court); note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London (in London) serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch; Sharia Court of Appeal judges appointed by the monarch for life
subordinate courts: Intermediate Court; Magistrate's Magistrates' Courts; Juvenile Court; small claims courts; lower sharia courts
The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of the Court of Appeal and the High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges);
- Sharia Court (consists the Court of Appeals and the High Court);
- note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts;
- the Judicial Committee of Privy Council (in London) serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch;
- Sharia Court judges appointed by the monarch for life
- subordinate courts:
- Intermediate Court;
- Magistrates' Courts;
- Juvenile Court;
- small claims courts;
- lower sharia courts
highest courts: court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the Court of Appeal and the High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges); Sharia Court (consists the Court of Appeals and the High Court); note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council (in London) serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch; Sharia Court judges appointed by the monarch for life
subordinate courts: Intermediate Court; Magistrates' Courts; Juvenile Court; small claims courts; lower sharia courts
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of the Court of Appeal and the High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges);
- Sharia Court (consists the Court of Appeals and the High Court)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch;
- Sharia Court judges appointed by the monarch for life
- subordinate courts:
- Intermediate Court;
- Magistrates' Courts;
- Juvenile Court;
- small claims courts;
- lower sharia courts
note: Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council (in London) serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the Court of Appeal and the High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges); Sharia Court (consists the Court of Appeals and the High Court); note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council (in London) serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only Court)
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch to serve until age 65, and older if approved by the monarch; Sharia Court judges appointed by the monarch for life
subordinate courts: Intermediate Court; Magistrates' Courts; Juvenile Court; small claims courts; lower sharia courts
note: Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council (in London) serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Brunei: Judicial branch.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/brunei/judicial-branch.