Immigration Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Admission Into Brunei Darussalam
9. Power to prohibit or limit entry into Brunei Darussalam
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister of Home Affairs, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, may by order —
where he deems it expedient to do so in the interests of public security or by reason of any economic, industrial, social, educational or other conditions in Brunei Darussalam —
prohibit, either for a stated period or permanently, the entry or re-entry into Brunei Darussalam of any person or class of persons;
limit the number of persons of any class who may enter Brunei Darussalam within any period specified in the order; and
limit the period during which any person or class of persons entering or re-entering Brunei Darussalam may remain therein:
Provided always that no order made under the provisions of this paragraph, except an order made in the interests of public security, applies to any person outside Brunei Darussalam at the time when such order is made and who is in possession of a valid Residence
Permit or Re-entry Permit lawfully issued to him; and
prohibit the entry into Brunei Darussalam of passengers brought to Brunei Darussalam by any transportation company which refuses or neglects, or has refused or neglected, to comply with the provisions of this Act.
An order under subsection (1) does not apply to any citizen of
Brunei Darussalam.
Every order made under subsection (1)(a) which relates to a class of persons, and every order made under paragraph (b), shall be published in the Gazette.
Any person who enters or re-enters, or remains in,
Brunei Darussalam in contravention of any order made under subsection (1)
is guilty of an offence.
Immigration
Terms defined in s 2
entry
Defined · s 2“entry” means — (a) in the case of a person arriving by sea, disembarking in Brunei Darussalam from the vessel in which he arrives; (b) in the case of a person arriving at an authorised airport by air, leaving the precincts of such airport; (c) in the case of a person who enters by land and proceeds to an immigration control post in accordance with section 26(1), leaving the precincts of such post for any purpose other than that of departing from Brunei Darussalam by an approved route for some place outside Brunei Darussalam; and (d) in any other case, any entry into Brunei Darussalam by land, sea or air: Provided that it shall not include in any case an entry made for the purpose of complying with this Act or an entry expressly or impliedly sanctioned by an Immigration Officer for the purpose of an enquiry, proceeding or detention under the provisions of this Act;
Re-entry Permit
Defined · s 2“Re-entry Permit” means a Permit to re-enter Brunei Darussalam issued under the provisions of section 11(2);
Residence Permit
Defined · s 2“Residence Permit” means a permit issued under the provisions of section 67(1) of the Immigration Enactment, 1956;
transportation company
Defined · s 2“transportation company” means any government, municipality, body corporate, or organisation, firm or person carrying or providing for the transit of passengers, whether by vessel, aircraft, railway, highway or otherwise, and includes any two or more such transporting companies co-operating in the business of carrying passengers;
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Entry and Re-Entry Permits
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Procedure on Arrival in and Departure from Brunei Darussalam
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Removal from Brunei Darussalam
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