Customs X-ray refusal attracts penalty for resisting screening or medically supervised recovery of concealed goods. Refusal to comply with X-ray screening or other medically supervised measures authorised under section 103 of the Customs Act attracts penal consequences where a person resists or refuses a radiologist's examination or the taking of an X-ray picture ordered by a magistrate, or refuses suitable action taken on the advice and under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner for bringing out goods liable to confiscation secreted inside the body. The offence covers obstruction of radiological screening and medically supervised recovery of concealed goods, with punishment extending to imprisonment, fine, or both.
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Customs X-ray refusal attracts penalty for resisting screening or medically supervised recovery of concealed goods.
Refusal to comply with X-ray screening or other medically supervised measures authorised under section 103 of the Customs Act attracts penal consequences where a person resists or refuses a radiologist's examination or the taking of an X-ray picture ordered by a magistrate, or refuses suitable action taken on the advice and under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner for bringing out goods liable to confiscation secreted inside the body. The offence covers obstruction of radiological screening and medically supervised recovery of concealed goods, with punishment extending to imprisonment, fine, or both.
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