Power to search suspected persons permits customs officers to search individuals believed to carry specified confiscable goods or related documents. Customs officers authorised by general or special order of the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner may search any person when they have reason to believe that the person has secreted about their person goods or documents liable to confiscation; specified classes include gold, diamonds, manufactures thereof, watches and any other classes notified by the Central Government.
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Power to search suspected persons permits customs officers to search individuals believed to carry specified confiscable goods or related documents.
Customs officers authorised by general or special order of the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner may search any person when they have reason to believe that the person has secreted about their person goods or documents liable to confiscation; specified classes include gold, diamonds, manufactures thereof, watches and any other classes notified by the Central Government.
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