Section 52: Unlawful consignment by post

52. Unlawful consignment by post (1) Where a Magistrate is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground to suspect that an unlawful consignment of dangerous drugs is being forwarded through postal services, he may grant a warrant authorising any police officer or proper officer to carry out, at any time, inspections in the postal services in order to detect that consignment and whenever such inspections disclose a reasonable suspicion that a particular postal package is in fact such a consignment, a police officer or proper officer may proceed to open and detain the consignment for further investigation. (2) For the purposes of this section, “proper officer” means the proper officer referred to in the Customs Act. [S. 52 amended by s. 10 of Act 17 of 2007 w.e.f. 22 August 2007.]