Section 31

that where any pilgrim is detained in the Holy Land or elsewhere for a period longer than twenty-four hours from the hour and date when accommodation on such aircraft was to have been available, the pilgrim organizer shall pay to the Malaysian Ambassador or Consul in the Holy Land or elsewhere such sum as the Lembaga may from time to time determine to be sufficient as subsistence allowance for each such pilgrim until such pilgrim has an opportunity of being conveyed back to Malaysia; and

that where any pilgrim provided with a return ticket issued in Malaysia is detained in the Holy Land or elsewhere

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owing to no accommodation being offered by an aircraft for which his ticket is available, for a period longer than the maximum number of days determined by the Lembaga from time to time to be calculated from the hour and date when such accommodation on an aircraft was to have been available, such pilgrim organizer shall pay to the

Minister in respect of each such pilgrim any sum which the Minister may claim as the cost of repatriating such pilgrim.

The period referred to in subsection (1) shall not begin to run so long as the aircraft is prevented from carrying pilgrims on the homeward voyage by war disturbance or vis major of any kind.

A certificate of such detention purporting to be signed and sealed with the consular seal of the Malaysian Ambassador or Consul in the Holy Land or elsewhere shall be admissible as evidence of all facts stated therein and shall be received in evidence without prior proof of signature in any court of law in Malaysia or in any arbitration.

Issue of ticket to pilgrims