Section 132: Detention and search of suspected persons
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
132. Detention and search of suspected persons
(1) Where any officer has reasonable cause to believe that any person is
unlawfully carrying, whether concealed or secreted about his person or not,
any goods subject to the control of Customs or any prohibited goods, that
officer may detain and search the suspected person.
(2) A female shall not be searched except by a female officer.
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