Immigration Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Procedure on Arrival in and Departure from Brunei Darussalam
22. Production of certain lists and persons by masters of vessels
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The master of every vessel arriving in or leaving
master
“master” means in relation to a vessel, any person having command thereof and in relation to an aircraft, the captain thereof;
Brunei Darussalam shall, whenever required to do so by a Senior
Immigration Officer —
Immigration Officer
“Immigration Officer” means the Controller and any person appointed under section 3 and includes a Senior Immigration Officer;
exhibit to the officer a complete list of the members of the crew in such form, and containing such particulars, as may be prescribed;
produce to the officer for inspection and interrogation all the members of the crew;
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furnish to the officer, in triplicate, identification cards of each member of the crew in such form as may be prescribed;
submit to such search of his vessel as may be necessary to establish the presence or absence of other persons on board;
produce his ship’s papers; and
report the presence on board of any stowaway or any unauthorised person or any person proceeding to any state or country on his removal from any other state or country by the competent authorities of the state or country.
In the case of vessels carrying passengers, the master shall, in addition, produce —
a complete list of all the passengers in such form, and containing such particulars, as may be prescribed;
in relation to every passenger disembarking in or embarking from Brunei Darussalam, such particulars in such form as may be prescribed; and
all passengers for inspection and interrogation.
The master of any vessel who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of subsection (1) or (2), and any person who hinders or obstructs any search of a vessel under subsection (1)(d) is guilty of an offence.
If any person is found on board a vessel whose presence should have, but has not, been reported in accordance with subsection (1)(f), the master of such vessel is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000 in respect of each such person.
In any proceedings under this section, the certificate in writing of a Senior Immigration Officer who boards or examines any particular vessel to the effect that the vessel carried, on arrival in Brunei Darussalam, a total number of seamen corresponding in description to the particulars on the identification cards furnished under subsection (1)(c) shall be conclusive proof that such vessel did on arrival carry such number of seamen.
Senior Immigration Officer
“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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Terms defined in s 2
crew
Defined · s 2“crew” includes every seaman on a vessel, and every person employed in the operation of an aircraft or in any service rendered to the crew or passengers of such aircraft while in flight;
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;
passenger
Defined · s 2“passenger” means any person carried in a vessel or aircraft, other than any member of the crew;
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;
stowaway
Defined · s 2“stowaway” means a person who goes to sea secreted in a vessel without the consent of the master or other person in charge of the vessel or of a person entitled to give such consent and includes a person arriving in Brunei Darussalam on board any aircraft who is on board without the consent of the master or of a person entitled to give such consent;
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