Section 73Part 6 — Entry and Landing
Duty of master with respect to removal of person landing unlawfully where permission to land is refused
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In any case where —
a person lands in the Islands in contravention of or without complying with this Law; or
a person is refused permission to land,
it is the duty of the master of the vessel in which such person arrived to receive him on board the same vessel and take him away from the Islands, or if the vessel has already left or is delayed, then it is the duty of the master of any subsequent vessel, owned or operated by the same company, departing from the Islands, to receive him on board that vessel and take him away from the Islands or, with the approval of the Chief Immigration Officer, make other suitable arrangements for his departure from the Islands.
A master of a vessel who fails or refuses to receive any such person and take him away from the Islands as required by subsection (1) commits an offence.
Any such person may be detained by an immigration officer or constable in such manner and place as may be directed by the Cabinet until such person can be received on board a vessel, and while so detained he shall be deemed to be in lawful custody and, in the case of a person refused permission to land, shall also be deemed not to have landed.
Subsections (1) to (4) apply not only to a person referred to in subsection (1) but to the dependants of such person as well.