Section 24
Examination of persons arriving by sea
(1)
Every person arriving by sea intending to disembark in
Brunei Darussalam shall appear before a Senior Immigration Officer at such time and place as the officer may direct, and the officer, after such examination as he may consider necessary, shall inform any person whom he considers to be prohibited from entering Brunei Darussalam under the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder of his finding, and such person, if still aboard the vessel, shall not disembark in
Brunei Darussalam or, if disembarked for the purposes of the examination, shall return forthwith to the vessel and remain thereon; and the master of the vessel shall likewise forthwith be informed in writing by the Senior
Immigration Officer of his finding and the master shall not permit such person to disembark in Brunei Darussalam, or, if such person has disembarked, whether for the purpose of examination or otherwise, shall be bound to re-embark him.
(2)
Any person who —
(a)
refuses or neglects to appear before a Senior Immigration
Officer as required by subsection (1) or who leaves the place of examination without or otherwise than in accordance with the authorisation of the officer;
(b)
after having been informed by a Senior Immigration Officer that he is prohibited from entering Brunei Darussalam, either disembarks in Brunei Darussalam or refuses or neglects to return forthwith to his vessel, as the case may be; or
(c)
being the master of a vessel, permits any person to disembark in Brunei Darussalam, or refuses to re-embark any person, after being informed by a Senior Immigration Officer that such person is prohibited from entering Brunei Darussalam or that such person has refused or neglected to appear before a Senior
Immigration Officer as required by subsection (1) or that he has left
Immigration
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the place of examination without or otherwise than in accordance with the authorisation of the officer, is guilty of an offence.
(3)
When any person either disembarks in Brunei Darussalam or refuses or neglects to return to his vessel, in contravention of the provisions of this section, an Immigration Officer may require such person to return to his vessel and may take such action, including the use of force, as may be reasonably necessary to compel such return, and the master of such vessel shall be bound to re-embark such person and to remove him from
Brunei Darussalam.
(4)
The master of a vessel may use such force as may be reasonably necessary to enable him to comply with the provisions of subsections (1)
and (3).