Section 28
Interrogation of travellers
(1)
Any person who arrives in Brunei Darussalam from any place outside Brunei Darussalam or who is about to leave Brunei Darussalam by sea, land or air for any place outside Brunei Darussalam, shall fully and truthfully answer all questions and enquiries put to him by a Senior
Immigration Officer tending directly or indirectly to establish his identity, nationality or occupation or bearing on any of the restrictions contained in this Act or in any regulations made thereunder or any absolute or conditional liability on his part to any military, naval or air force service under any state
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or country whatsoever, and shall disclose and produce to any such officer on demand all documents in his possession relating to those matters.
(2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 117 of the Criminal
Procedure Code (Chapter 7) or of any law relating to evidence, all the answers and documents, and any statement made by any such person to a
Senior Immigration Officer, whether the officer is a police officer or not, shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings under this Act against the person making, disclosing or producing the same:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as rendering any such answer inadmissible in any other proceedings in which they would otherwise be admissible.
(3)
Any such person who —
(a)
refuses to answer any question or enquiry put to him under subsection (1);
(b)
knowingly gives any false or misleading answer to any such question or enquiry or knowingly makes a false or misleading statement to a Senior Immigration Officer;
(c)
refuses or fails to produce any document in his possession when required to do so under subsection (1); or
(d)
knowingly produces any false or misleading document, is guilty of an offence.