The Constitution of Brunei Darussalam was originally enacted in September 1959 much to the efforts of our then Sultan, Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, who is also the present Sultan’s late father. The enactment of the 1959 Constitution represented the country’s primary stepping stone in its move towards full independence,which eventually came in 1984.