Section 12: Examination of immigrants sea.

Every passenger arriving by sea intending to disembark in Sierra Leone shall appear before the Immigration Officer at such time and place as the Immigration Officer shall direct, and the Immigration Officer, after such examination as be may consider necessary, shall inform any passenger whom he considers to be within the category of a prohibited immigrant of such finding and such passenger if still aboard the vessel shall not disembark in Sierra Leone or if disembarked for the purposes of such examination shall return forthwith to the vessel and remain thereon. The master of the vessel shall likewise forthwith be informed in writing be the Immigration Officer of his finding and the master shall not permit the prohibited immigrant to disembark in Sierra Leone: Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply where such passenger has embarked at any place in Sierra Leone and disembarks from the vessel at the same or any other place in Sierra Leone during, or at the end of, the voyage which the vessel began or was in the course of when be embarked.