Immigration Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Procedure on Arrival in and Departure from Brunei Darussalam
25. Examination of persons arriving at authorised airport
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Every person arriving by air at any authorised airport in
authorised airport
“authorised airport” means respectively an airport, a landing place or a point of entry declared to be an authorised airport, landing place or point of entry, as the case may be, under section 5(1);
Brunei Darussalam and intending to leave the precincts of such airport shall appear before a Senior Immigration Officer at such time and place as the officer may direct, and the officer, after such examination as he may consider necessary, shall inform any person whom he considers to be prohibited from entering Brunei Darussalam under the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder of his finding, and such person shall not leave the precincts of such airport except for a place approved by the officer, and shall leave and depart from Brunei Darussalam for a place outside
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;
Brunei Darussalam by the first available means in accordance with the instructions of the officer. The captain of the aircraft in which such person arrived shall, if so required by the officer, remove such person from
Brunei Darussalam by the same aircraft.
Any person who —
refuses or neglects to appear before a Senior Immigration
Officer as required by subsection (1) or who leaves the place of examination without or otherwise than in accordance with the authorisation of the officer;
after having been informed by a Senior Immigration Officer that he is prohibited from entering Brunei Darussalam, leaves the precincts of an airport without the permission of the officer, or
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refuses or neglects to proceed to or remain at a place approved by the officer;
refuses or fails to leave Brunei Darussalam in accordance with the instructions of a Senior Immigration Officer given under subsection (1); or
being the captain of the aircraft in which any person arrived in Brunei Darussalam, refuses or neglects to remove such person from Brunei Darussalam after being informed by a Senior
Immigration Officer that such person is prohibited from entering
Brunei Darussalam or that such person has refused or neglected to appear before a Senior Immigration Officer as required by subsection (1) or that he has left the place of examination without or otherwise than in accordance with the authorisation of the officer, is guilty of an offence.
When any person leaves the precincts of an airport in contravention of the provisions of this section or refuses to leave and depart from Brunei Darussalam in accordance with the instructions of the Senior
Immigration Officer given under the provisions of subsection (1), the Senior
Immigration Officer
“Immigration Officer” means the Controller and any person appointed under section 3 and includes a Senior Immigration Officer;
Immigration Officer may take such action, including the use of force, as may be reasonably necessary to compel such person to return to the precincts of the airport or to comply with such instructions, as the case may be.
Terms defined in s 2
authorised airport
Defined · s 2“authorised airport” means respectively an airport, a landing place or a point of entry declared to be an authorised airport, landing place or point of entry, as the case may be, under section 5(1);
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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