Immigration Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Procedure on Arrival in and Departure from Brunei Darussalam
20. Prohibition on disembarking from vessels or flying boats without permission of Immigration Officer
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
It shall be the duty of the master, owner, charterer or agent of every vessel or flying boat which arrives in Brunei Darussalam to prevent any person on board other than a person specified in section 19(1)(a), (b), (c)
master
“master” means in relation to a vessel, any person having command thereof and in relation to an aircraft, the captain thereof;
or (d) from disembarking from such vessel or flying boat until such disembarkation has been authorised by a Senior Immigration Officer, and for such purpose any means reasonably necessary may be used.
flying boat
“flying boat” means any aircraft designed to alight, and alighting on water;
Immigration
When any person disembarks from any vessel or flying boat before such disembarkation has been authorised by a Senior Immigration
Officer, such person, the master, owner, charterer or agent of such vessel or flying boat shall each be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $4,000 and imprisonment for one year and —
it shall be no defence to a prosecution under this section that the master, owner, charterer or agent did not permit or do anything to facilitate the disembarkation of any such person; and
it shall be a good defence to a prosecution under this section that the master, owner, charterer or agent took every reasonable precaution to prevent the disembarkation of any such person.
The master of the vessel or flying boat from which any person has disembarked before such disembarkation has been authorised by a Senior
Immigration Officer shall be bound to re-embark such person and any master refusing to re-embark such person is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $4,000 and imprisonment for one year.
Immigration Officer
“Immigration Officer” means the Controller and any person appointed under section 3 and includes a Senior Immigration Officer;
Terms defined in s 2
flying boat
Defined · s 2“flying boat” means any aircraft designed to alight, and alighting on water;
Immigration Officer
Defined · s 2“Immigration Officer” means the Controller and any person appointed under section 3 and includes a Senior Immigration Officer;
master
Defined · s 2“master” means in relation to a vessel, any person having command thereof and in relation to an aircraft, the captain thereof;
Senior Immigration Officer
Defined · s 2“Senior Immigration Officer” means a Senior Immigration Officer and any other person of or above the rank of Assistant Controller appointed under section 3;
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