Duties of immigrants on entering Belize

(1) No person shall enter Belize elsewhere than at an approved port or place of entry. (2) A person entering Belize by sea shall not disembark without the consent of the immigration officer and the master of the ship shall not allow any such person to disembark without any such consent. (3) Every person entering Belize by land or air shall forthwith present himself to the immigration officer at the place of arrival. (4) Every person entering Belize shall truthfully answer all questions put to him by the immigration officer for the purposes of this Act, and shall, if required by the immigration officer– (a) furnish the required security; (b) fill out and sign a disembarkation card; (c) submit to be examined by a medical officer; (d) submit to a medical test by a medical officer where there is the threat, outbreak or spread of an infectious disease; and (e) furnish any other document as prescribed by any other law.” (5) Any foreigner who refuses to comply with the requirements under sub-section (4) shall be refused leave to land 39 in Belize and if he arrives by any vessel the master of such vessel shall be served with a notice of such fact. (5A) For the purposes of sub-section (5), foreigner means any person who is not a citizen of Belize. CAP. 41. (5B) A Belizean who refuses to comply with the requirements under sub-section (4)(c) and (d) shall be handed over to the Quarantine Authority to be dealt with under section 3A of the Quarantine Act. (6) Every person entering Belize who willfully supplies any false information in answer to any question put to him by the immigration officer for the purposes of this Act commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. (7) Any person to whom leave to land has been refused shall be removed from Belize by the master of the vessel in which he arrived, or with the consent of an immigration officer, in another vessel within a specified time by the owner or agent of the vessel in which he arrived, provided that where permission is granted to the owner or agent to remove such person by another vessel, such owner or agent shall be held responsible for the accommodation of such person until he leaves Belize. (8) Any person who contravenes sub-section (1), (2) or (3) commits an offence.