Section 10
Arrival of animal to be reported
of Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act
(1)
The master of any ship or aircraft on which there is any animal, whether that animal is intended to be landed in Brunei Darussalam or not, shall immediately on the first arrival of the ship or aircraft at a port or airfield in Brunei Darussalam report the fact to an officer of a port or the officer in charge of the airfield, as the case may be, who shall without delay inform the authorised officer.
(2)
An authorised officer may —
(a)
board any ship or aircraft for the purpose of examining any animal therein; or
(b)
direct the master of the ship or aircraft to arrange, at his own expense, for the animal to be examined by an authorised examiner.
(3)
Notwithstanding the fact that —
(a)
a licence has been issued for the importation or transhipment of an animal under section 7(1); or
(b)
any animal comes from a country or territory or part of a country or territory which has been specified in an order made under section 6(1)(a), the officer of a port or officer in charge of an airfield shall not permit that animal to be landed or removed from any ship or aircraft, as the case may be, until he has personally satisfied himself that the authorised officer has granted a permit for the landing or removal of that animal from the ship or aircraft.
Animal (Diseases and Quarantine)
(4)
Any person who —
(a)
fails to comply with any direction given to him by an authorised officer under subsection (2); or
(b)
permits an animal to be landed or removed from any ship or aircraft in contravention of subsection (3), is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.