121B. Return of travel documents

When a travel document has been surrendered and retained by a police officer not below the rank of Inspector under section 121A, a person affected by such order may at any time make application in writing, to a Magistrate for its return, and every such application shall contain a statement of the grounds on which it is made.

A Magistrate shall not consider an application made under subsection (1) unless he is satisfied that reasonable notice in writing of it has been given to the police officer not below the rank of Inspector.

Before an application is granted under this section, the applicant may be required to -

provide local surety; or

Any such applicant or surety may be required to deposit reasonable sum of cash money with the police officer not below the rank of

Failure of the applicant to return to Brunei Darussalam or to surrender the passport to the police officer not below the rank of Inspector within the specified time will render the deposit held by the police officer not below the rank of Inspector to be forfeited to the Government and the applicant may be arrested and dealt with in the same way that a person who fails to comply with the requirement under section 121A(1) may be arrested and dealt with under section 12 1 A(4) and (5).

An application under this section may be granted subject to the conditions that -

Where a travel document is returned to the applicant under this section subject to a condition imposed under subsection (6), then after the time specified under the subsection, the provisions of section 121A(6)