Section 25
Examination of persons arriving at authorised airport
(1)
Every person arriving by air at any authorised airport in
Brunei Darussalam and intending to leave the precincts of such airport 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 shall not leave the precincts of such airport except for a place approved by the officer, and shall leave and depart from Brunei Darussalam for a place outside
Brunei Darussalam by the first available means in accordance with the instructions of the officer. The captain of the aircraft in which such person arrived shall, if so required by the officer, remove such person from
Brunei Darussalam by the same aircraft.
(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, leaves the precincts of an airport without the permission of the officer, or
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refuses or neglects to proceed to or remain at a place approved by the officer;
(c)
refuses or fails to leave Brunei Darussalam in accordance with the instructions of a Senior Immigration Officer given under subsection (1); or
(d)
being the captain of the aircraft in which any person arrived in Brunei Darussalam, refuses or neglects to remove such person from Brunei Darussalam 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 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 leaves the precincts of an airport in contravention of the provisions of this section or refuses to leave and depart from Brunei Darussalam in accordance with the instructions of the Senior
Immigration Officer given under the provisions of subsection (1), the Senior
Immigration Officer may take such action, including the use of force, as may be reasonably necessary to compel such person to return to the precincts of the airport or to comply with such instructions, as the case may be.
Examination of persons entering Brunei Darussalam by land or at place other than authorised airport 26.
(1)
Every person who from a place outside Brunei Darussalam enters Brunei Darussalam by land shall enter at an authorised point of entry and shall proceed therefrom by an approved route, prescribed under section 5, to the nearest immigration control post and shall appear before the
Senior Immigration Officer in charge of the post and shall if so required by the Senior Immigration Officer, furnish particulars about himself in such form as may be prescribed.
(2)
Every person who from a place outside Brunei Darussalam arrives by sea or air in Brunei Darussalam at any place other than an authorised landing place or airport shall forthwith proceed to and appear before the nearest Senior Immigration Officer.
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(3)
The Senior Immigration Officer before whom any person appears in accordance with the provisions of this section shall, if he considers that such person is prohibited from entering Brunei Darussalam under the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder, inform such person of his finding and such person shall in accordance with the instructions of the officer forthwith leave and depart from
Brunei Darussalam for a place outside Brunei Darussalam.
(4)
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence.