Section 103 - Power to screen or X-ray bodies of suspected persons for detecting secreted goods

Body screening powers for suspected concealment enable medicolegal X ray and supervised extraction when reports indicate secreted goods.

Proper officers may detain persons suspected of concealing confiscable goods and, with required prior approval, screen or scan them and forward reports to the magistrate; alternatively they may produce the person before a magistrate. A magistrate who finds reasonable ground may order screening or X raying by a qualified radiologist, receive a report and images, and if satisfied that goods are secreted, direct extraction under the advice and supervision of a registered medical practitioner, with mandatory female practitioner supervision for females. The magistrate may order custody to enforce these measures; voluntary admission and submission to extraction excludes application of the section.