18 (1) No person on board a vessel shall leave the vessel until permission to do so has been given by a quarantine officer.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a person on board a vessel described in section 17 may leave the vicinity of that vessel
(a) if he is in physical danger;
(b) for the purpose of communicating with a quarantine officer or collector of customs in accordance with section 17; or
(c) with the permission of a collector of customs.
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