If a commercial transporter has reasonable grounds to believe that a passenger's documents might not be available for inspection when they arrive in Canada, the transporter must hold those documents, give the passenger a receipt, and then present both the person and the documents together at the border.
(1)260 (1) If a commercial transporter has reasonable grounds to believe that the prescribed documents of a person whom it carries to Canada may not be available for examination at a port of entry, the commercial transporter must give the person a receipt for the documents and hold the documents until examination.
(2)(2) A commercial transporter that holds the documents of a person must, when presenting the person for examination under paragraph 148(1)(b) of the Act, present the documents and a copy of the receipt.