Section 19
Persons not to board or leave vessel or flying boat until examination completed
(1)
Save under and in accordance with any authority granted by a
Senior Immigration Officer, no person other than —
(a)
the pilot of the vessel;
(b)
any Government officer boarding the vessel or flying boat on duty;
(c)
the owner, charterer or agent of the vessel or flying boat; or
(d)
a Consular representative to Brunei Darussalam of the country or state to which the vessel or flying boat belongs, or if the vessel or flying boat belongs to a country within the Commonwealth, an accredited representative in Brunei Darussalam of the government of such country, shall leave or board a vessel or flying boat arriving in Brunei Darussalam, nor may any person (other than the crew of a vessel carrying any such person) approach within 30 feet of the vessel or flying boat, until the vessel or flying boat has been examined by a Senior Immigration Officer and, in the case of a vessel, the immigration signal has been hauled down.
(2)
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) is guilty of an offence, and every such person leaving a vessel or flying boat in contravention of subsection (1) shall if so required by an
Immigration Officer return forthwith to such vessel or flying boat and remain thereon and the master of the vessel or flying boat shall be bound to re-embark such person or board a vessel departing from Brunei Darussalam after it has been examined by an Immigration Officer just before its departure.
Prohibition on disembarking from vessels or flying boats without permission of Immigration Officer 20.
(1)
It shall be the duty of the master, owner, charterer or agent of every vessel or flying boat which arrives in Brunei Darussalam to prevent any person on board other than a person specified in section 19(1)(a), (b), (c)
or (d) from disembarking from such vessel or flying boat until such disembarkation has been authorised by a Senior Immigration Officer, and for such purpose any means reasonably necessary may be used.
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(2)
When any person disembarks from any vessel or flying boat before such disembarkation has been authorised by a Senior Immigration
Officer, such person, the master, owner, charterer or agent of such vessel or flying boat shall each be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $4,000 and imprisonment for one year and —
(a)
it shall be no defence to a prosecution under this section that the master, owner, charterer or agent did not permit or do anything to facilitate the disembarkation of any such person; and
(b)
it shall be a good defence to a prosecution under this section that the master, owner, charterer or agent took every reasonable precaution to prevent the disembarkation of any such person.
(3)
The master of the vessel or flying boat from which any person has disembarked before such disembarkation has been authorised by a Senior
Immigration Officer shall be bound to re-embark such person and any master refusing to re-embark such person is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $4,000 and imprisonment for one year.