Section 41: Control of crew members in ship aircrafts. etc.

(1) A superior immigration officer rnay, by notice given at any time to any person who-
(a) has arrived at a port in Nigeria as a member of the crew of a ship or water vessels, aircraft, motor vehicle, or other means of transportation ; and
(b) is for the time being on board the ship or water vessels, aircraft, motor vehicle, or other means of transportation in which he arrived at the port, prohibit him from landing from that ship or water vessels, aircraft, motor vehicle, or other means of transportation as the case may be, while it remains at the port. unless authorised to do so by an immigration officer.
(2)
lf a person affected by sub-section (1) of this Section-
(a) lands for a ship or water vessels, aircraft, motor vehicle, or other means of transportation in contravention of a prohibition imposed on him under sub-section (1) of this Section ;
(b) remains in Nigeria after his ship or water vessels, aircraft, motor vehicle, or other means of transportation has left the port ; or
(c)
having been admitted into Nigeria subject to a condition restricting the period for which he may remain there, remains in Nigeria in contravention of that condition, he shall, subject to the provision of sub-section (3) of this Section, be treated for the purpose of this Act as if he had been refused admission into Nigeria.
(3)
A superior immigration officer may, by notice in writing given at any time to any person who has landed or remained in Nigeria as mentioned in sub-section (2) of this Section, authorise him to remain in Nigeria either without condition or subject to any condition the Minister may impose, including in particular conditions requiring him to leave Nigeria-
(a) to leave Nigeria in a specified ship or water vessel, aircraft, motor vehicle, or other means of transportation ; or
(b)
within a specified period in accordance with arrangements for his repatriation, and where such a notice is given to any person, he shall not be treated as a person to whom admission to Nigeria has been refused unless, in the case where he is subject to conditions requiring him to leave Nigeria as aforesaid, he fails to comply or is reasonably suspected of intending to fail to comply with those conditions.