(1) When the captain of a ship, etc. or the forwarding agent has given a notice of scheduled entry and departure to the Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office or the head of a branch office pursuant to Article 69 (2) of the Act, he or she shall be deemed to have applied for any of the following permission: <Amended on May 8, 2018>
1. Permission under the proviso of Articles 3 (1) and the proviso of Article 6 (1) of the Act;
2. Permission under Articles 12 (2) and 28 (2) of the Act.
(2) When the competent authorities of a ship, etc. have permitted the relevant ship, etc. to enter or leave a port, the Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office or the head of a branch office shall conduct a search under Article 69 (2) of the Act in the absence of exceptional circumstances. <Amended on May 8, 2018>
(3) When an immigration control official has initiated a search and an examination under Article 69 of the Act, the Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office or the head of a branch office shall be deemed to have approved an application for permission under each subparagraph of paragraph (1); provided, in exceptional circumstances under which the Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office or the head of a branch office cannot grant permission under each subparagraph of paragraph (1), an immigration control official shall without delay notify the captain of a ship, etc. or a forwarding agent thereof. <Amended on May 8, 2018>[This Article Wholly Amended on Nov. 1, 2011]