Section 36

Any person who, having been removed or otherwise lawfully sent out of Brunei Darussalam under this Act and any person, other than a person entitled to enter Brunei Darussalam under section 7(1), having been removed or otherwise lawfully sent out of any territory within the Commonwealth, enters or resides in Brunei Darussalam without the written authority of the

Controller under this section is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000, imprisonment for a term of not less than one year and not more than 3 years or both, and whipping with not less than 3 strokes cumulatively, and shall, in addition to any penalty for such offence, be liable to be removed or again removed, as the case may be, from

Brunei Darussalam:

Provided that no sentence of whipping shall be imposed on any person charged in court before the commencement of the Immigration Act

(Amendment) Order, 2020 (S 41/2020).