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In force2024 Revised Edition
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11. Master’s power of delivery

(1)

If the master of a ship, wherever that ship may be, and whatever the state (if any) in which it may be registered, has reasonable grounds to believe that any person on board the ship has —

(a)

committed any offence under section 5, 7, 8, 9 or 10;

(b)

attempted to commit such offence; or

(c)

abetted the commission of such offence, in relation to any ship other than a warship or other ship used as a naval auxiliary or in customs or law enforcement service, he may deliver that person to an appropriate officer in Brunei Darussalam or any other

Convention State.

(2)

The master of a ship who intends to deliver any person under subsection (1) shall notify an appropriate officer —

(a)

of his intention to so deliver that person; and

(b)

of his reasons for intending to do so.

(3)

A notification under subsection (2) shall be given —

(a)

if it is reasonably practicable to do so, before the ship has entered the territorial sea of the state concerned; or

(b)

in any other case, as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(4)

When the master of a ship delivers any person under subsection (1), he shall —

(a)

make to an appropriate officer of that state such oral or written statements relating to the alleged offence as that officer may reasonably require; and

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(b)

deliver or make known to an appropriate officer of that state such other evidence relating to the alleged offence as is in his possession.

(5)

A master of a ship who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (2) or (4) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

(6)

It is a defence for the master of a ship charged with an offence under subsection (5) for a contravention of subsection (2) to show that —

(a)

he believed on reasonable grounds that the giving of a notification would endanger the safety of the ship; and

(b)

except where the state concerned is Brunei Darussalam —

(i)

he had notified some other competent authority in the state concerned within the time required by subsection (3); or

(ii)

he had believed on reasonable grounds that the giving of a notification to any competent authority in that state would endanger the safety of the ship.

(7)

In this section —

“appropriate officer” means —

(a)

in relation to Brunei Darussalam, a police officer and any other person or class of person appointed by the Minister to be an appropriate officer for the purposes of this Act;

(b)

in relation to any other Convention State, an officer designated by that Convention State to carry out the relevant duty of an appropriate officer under this section;

“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of a ship.

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