Customs Order, 2006 · As enacted · Part VI · General Provisions Affecting Vessels in Territorial Waters
44. Missing goods deemed illegally landed
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If in any vessel in territorial waters the quantity of any goods entered in the manifest or other documents which ought to be aboard such vessel is found by a proper officer of customs to be short, and the deficiency is not accounted for to the satisfaction of such officer, such goods shall be deemed to have been illegally landed in Brunei Darussalam.
vessel
"vessel" includes any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation;
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Proper officer of customs may board vessel.
officer of customs
"officer of customs" means- (a) the Controller; (b) any Deputy Controller, Assistant Controller, Senior Superintendent, Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of Customs and Excise appointed under section 3; and (c) the persons authorised by section 5 to exercise the powers of senior officers of customs or of officers of customs and any person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to act as an officer of customs;
Terms defined in s 2
goods
Defined · s 2"goods" includes animals, birds, fish, plants and all kinds of movable property;
officer of customs
Defined · s 2"officer of customs" means- (a) the Controller; (b) any Deputy Controller, Assistant Controller, Senior Superintendent, Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of Customs and Excise appointed under section 3; and (c) the persons authorised by section 5 to exercise the powers of senior officers of customs or of officers of customs and any person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to act as an officer of customs;
vessel
Defined · s 2"vessel" includes any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation;
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