Customs search powers extend to suspected persons carrying concealed confiscable goods or related documents in specified travel situations. Power is conferred on the proper officer to search a person where there is reason to believe that the person has secreted goods liable to confiscation or documents relating to such goods. The power applies to specified categories of persons, including those landing from, boarding, or on board vessels or foreign-going aircraft, persons in vehicles connected with travel outside India, any other person entering or about to leave India, and any person in a customs area.
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Provisions expressly mentioned in the judgment/order text.
Customs search powers extend to suspected persons carrying concealed confiscable goods or related documents in specified travel situations.
Power is conferred on the proper officer to search a person where there is reason to believe that the person has secreted goods liable to confiscation or documents relating to such goods. The power applies to specified categories of persons, including those landing from, boarding, or on board vessels or foreign-going aircraft, persons in vehicles connected with travel outside India, any other person entering or about to leave India, and any person in a customs area.
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