Excise Order, 2006 · s 120

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120.
Search of persons arriving in Brunei Darussalam
Any person landing, or being about to land, or having recently landed, from any vessel or aircraft, or leaving any vessel or aircraft in territorial waters, whether for the purpose of landing or otherwise, or entering or having recently entered Brunei Darussalam by land shall, on demand by any proper officer of excise, either permit his person, goods and baggage to be searched by such officer, or together with such goods and baggage accompany such officer to an excise office or police station and there permit his person, goods and baggage to be searched by an officer of excise:
Provided that -
{a)
any person who requests that his person be searched in the presence of a senior officer of excise shall not be searched except in the presence of and under the supervision of such officer, but such person may be detained until the arrival of such officer, or taken to any excise office or police station where such officer may be found;
{b)
the goods and baggage of any person who requests to be present when they are searched and so presents himself within a reasonable time shall not be searched except in his presence;
{c)
no female shall be searched except by another female with strict regard to decency.

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s 120Search of persons arriving in Brunei Darussalam

Any person landing, or being about to land, or having recently landed, from any vessel or aircraft, or leaving any vessel or aircraft in territorial waters, whether for the purpose of landing or otherwise, or entering or having recently entered Brunei Darussalam by land shall, on demand by any proper officer of excise, either permit his person, goods and baggage to be searched by such officer, or together with such goods and baggage accompany such officer to an excise office or police station and there permit his person, goods and baggage to be searched by an officer of excise:

Provided that -

{a)

any person who requests that his person be searched in the presence of a senior officer of excise shall not be searched except in the presence of and under the supervision of such officer, but such person may be detained until the arrival of such officer, or taken to any excise office or police station where such officer may be found;

{b)

the goods and baggage of any person who requests to be present when they are searched and so presents himself within a reasonable time shall not be searched except in his presence;

{c)

no female shall be searched except by another female with strict regard to decency.