Section 206
( 1)
of Merchant Shipping Order, 2002
Where under this Order a ship is to be or may be detained, the Director, a surveyor of ships, a police officer not below the rank of inspector or a commissioned officer on full pay in the Royal Brunei Armed Forces may detain the s~ip if it is in Brunei Darussalam, and the ship may be detained until it complies
With the provisions which it contravened.
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(2)
If the ship, after detention, or after service on the master of the ship of any notice of or order for detention, goes to sea before it is released by the competent authority, the owner and the master of the ship, and also any person who is party or privy to the offence, shall each be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a nne not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
(3)
Any person authorised under this section to detain a ship may, if he thinks it necessary to do so, place a police guard on board.
(4)
Any police guard so placed on board a ship may take such steps as are necessary to prevent the ship from going to sea.
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