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is not a citizen of Brunei Darussalam; and

is a member of any of the prohibited classes as defined in subsection (2),

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is a prohibited immigrant and, subject to any exemption granted under the provisions of section 54, it shall be unlawful for him to enter

Brunei Darussalam from any place outside Brunei Darussalam by land, sea or air unless he is in possession of a valid pass in that behalf issuable to a prohibited immigrant under the provisions of any regulations made under this Act.

any person who is unable to show that he has the means of supporting himself or his dependents, if any, or that he has definite employment awaiting him or who is likely to become a pauper or a charge on the public;

any person suffering from mental disorder or being a mental defective;

any person —

who refuses to submit to a medical examination after being required to do so under the provisions of section 29; or

any person who —

has been convicted in any country or state of an offence for which a sentence of imprisonment has been passed for any term;

any prostitute, or any person, who is living on or receiving, or who, prior to entering Brunei Darussalam, lived on or received, the proceeds of prostitution;

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any person who procures or attempts to bring into

Brunei Darussalam prostitutes or women or girls for the purpose of prostitution or other immoral purposes;

vagrants or habitual beggars;

any person whose entry into or presence in

Brunei Darussalam is, or at the time of his entry was, unlawful under this or any other written law for the time being in force;

any person who believes in or advocates the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of Brunei Darussalam or of the government of any territory within the Commonwealth or of constituted law or authority or who disbelieves in or is opposed to organised government, or who advocates the assassination of public officials, or who advocates or teaches the unlawful destruction of property;

any person who is a member of or affiliated with any organisation entertaining or teaching disbelief in or opposition to organised government or advocating or teaching the duty, necessity or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or officers generally, of the government of Brunei Darussalam or of the government of any territory within the Commonwealth or of any other organised government, because of his or their official character, or advocating or teaching the unlawful destruction of property;

any person who, in consequence of information received from any source deemed by the Controller to be reliable, or from any government, through official or diplomatic channels, is deemed by the Controller to be an undesirable immigrant;

any person who has been removed from any country or state by the government of such country or state on repatriation for any reason whatever and who, by reason of the circumstances connected therewith, is deemed by the Controller to be an undesirable immigrant;

any person who, being required by any written law for the time being in force to be in possession of valid travel documents, is not in possession of such documents or is in possession of forged or

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altered travel documents which do not fully comply with any such written law;

any person other than a citizen of Brunei Darussalam who is unable to show that he is willing and can, of right, return to some country outside Brunei Darussalam;

the family and dependants of a prohibited immigrant; and

any person prohibited by order made under section 9(1)

from entering Brunei Darussalam.