Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part V · Prevention of the Introduction or Transmission of Infectious Disease
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The master of any ship which has sailed from any local area on or after the date of notification in the Gazette that the local area is infected or suspected; or in which there is any case of dangerous infectious disease, or in which there has been such a case since the ship left its last port while such ship is lying within the waters of Brunei Darussalam but outside port limits, shall —
prevent and if necessary detain any person from disembarking from such ship; and
detain any person from Brunei Darussalam who, without permission from the port health officer, boards such ship; and
deliver any person detained to the port health officer; and
prevent any baggage or cargo from being discharged from such ship; and
prevent any rats from leaving or entering such ship.
Every such ship lying within the waters of Brunei
Darussalam shall show the appropriate signal prescribed by the regulations made under this Act.
No person shall, without the permission of the port health officer, disembark from such ship.
No person shall, without the permission of the port health officer, board such ship or approach within 200 yards
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thereof for the purpose of communicating with any person thereon.
Any person from Brunei Darussalam boarding such ship, without the permission of the port health officer, shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder as if he were a passenger on such ship and such ship has come within the limits of a port.
The master or any other person who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section, and any person aiding or abetting such master or other person as aforesaid, shall be liable on conviction before a Court of a Magistrate to a fine of
$1,000, and imprisonment for one year.
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