Section 14
Cancellation of permits
(1)
When the holder of any Entry Permit or Re-entry Permit seeks to enter Brunei Darussalam accompanied by any child whose name is not endorsed upon the permit under the provisions of section 12 and who is not otherwise entitled to enter Brunei Darussalam under the provisions of this
Act, the Controller may cancel the permit issued to such person.
Immigration
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(2)
When upon the arrival in Brunei Darussalam of any person to whom an Entry Permit or Re-entry Permit has been issued, the Controller is satisfied, as a result of enquiries made under section 24, 25 or 26, or from other information, that any permit was issued as a result of any false representation or concealment of a material fact, the Controller may cancel the permit.
(3)
When at any time, during the period of validity of an Entry
Permit or Re-entry Permit, the Controller is satisfied that the holder of such
Entry Permit or Re-entry Permit is a prohibited immigrant, the Controller shall cancel the permit.
(4)
Where any person has entered Brunei Darussalam by virtue of an Entry Permit or a Re-entry Permit and the Controller is satisfied that —
(a)
any material statement made in or in connection with the application for the permit was false or misleading; or
(b)
the person is a member of any of the prohibited classes defined in section 8(2), the Controller may, unless the person was entitled at the time of the entry, or has subsequently become entitled to enter Brunei Darussalam under the provisions of section 7(1), declare at any time within 2 years after the date of the entry, that the presence of the person in Brunei Darussalam is unlawful.
(5)
On making any cancellation under subsection (2) or (3), or on making any declaration under subsection (4), the Controller shall, by notice which, if the address of the person is known, shall be sent to him at such address and otherwise shall be published in such manner as the Controller deems fit, inform the person affected thereby of the grounds on which such cancellation or declaration has been made and such person may appeal against the cancellation or declaration, as the case may be, within such time and such manner as may be prescribed to the Minister, whose decision is final.