Border Control Law and Legal Definition
Border control means measures adopted by a country to regulate and monitor its borders. It depicts a country’s physical demonstration of territorial sovereignty. It regulates the entry and exit of people, animals and goods across a country’s border. It aims at fighting terrorism and detecting the movement of criminals across the borders. In addition, it also regulates both legal and illegal immigration, collects excise taxes, prevents smuggling of illegal and hazardous material such as weapons, drugs, or endangered species, and prevents the spread of human or animal diseases. The degree of strictness at a border control varies depending upon the country and the border concerned.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Access Control List [National Security]
- Access Control Mechanism [National Security]
- Accounting Controls
- Administering a Controlled Substance
- Administrative Controls
- Administrative-Control Rule
- Aerospace Control Operations
- Agreement on Border Environment Cooperation Commission
- Air Pollution Control Agency
- Air Traffic Control System
