<P> Brunei has been under a martial law since a rebellion occurred on 8 December 1962 known as the Brunei Revolt and was put down by British troops from Singapore . The Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, is presently the head of state and also the Minister of Defense and Commander in Chief of Royal Brunei Armed Forces </P> <P> The War Measures Act was a Government of Canada statute that allowed the government to assume sweeping emergency powers, stopping short of martial law, i.e. the military does not administer justice, which remains in the hands of the courts . The Act has been invoked three times: During World War I, World War II, and the October Crisis of 1970 . In 1988, the War Measures Act was replaced by the Emergencies Act . </P> <P> During the colonial era, martial law was proclaimed and applied in the territory of the Province of Quebec during the invasion of Canada by the army of the American Continental Congress in 1775--1776 . It was also applied twice in the territory of Lower Canada during the 1837--1838 insurrections . On December 5, following the events of November 1837, martial law was proclaimed in the district of Montréal by Governor Gosford, without the support of the Legislative Assembly in the Parliament of Lower Canada . It was imposed until April 27, 1838 . Martial law was proclaimed a second time on November 4, 1838, this time by acting Governor John Colborne, and was applied in the district of Montreal until August 24, 1839 . </P> <P> In Egypt, a State of Emergency has been in effect almost continuously since 1967 . Following the assassination of President Anwar el - Sadat in 1981, a state of emergency was declared . Egypt has been under state of emergency ever since; the Parliament has renewed the emergency laws every three years since they were imposed . The legislation was extended in 2003 and were due to expire at the end of May 2006; plans were in place to replace it with new anti-terrorism laws . But after the Dahab bombings in April of that year, state of emergency was renewed for another two years . In May 2008 there was a further extension to June 2010 . In May 2010, the state of emergency was further extended, albeit with a promise from the government to be applied only to' Terrorism and Drugs' suspects . </P>

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