Customs Order, 2006 · s 118

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118.
Powers of arrest
(1)
Any officer of customs may arrest without warrant-fa} any person found committing or attempting to commit, or employing or aiding any person to commit, or abetting the commission of, an offence against this Order;
{b} any person whom he may reasonably suspect to have in his possession any uncustomed or prohibited goods or any goods liable to seizure under this Order;
{c} any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has been guilty of an offence against this Order, and may search or cause to be searched any person so arrested:
Provided that no female shall be searched except by another female with strict regard to decency.
(2)
Every person so arrested shall be taken to a police station or may be detained in the custody of a proper officer of customs.
(3)
When any person is arrested by an officer of customs/ such officer shall comply with section 33 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7) as if he were a police officer.
(4)
A senior officer of customs has the same powers as are possessed under section 347 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7) by a police officer not below the rank of Inspector to admit to bail any person arrested under this section.
(5) If any person liable to arrest under this Order is not arrested at the time of committing the offence for which he is so liable1 or after arrest makes his escape, he may, at any time afterwards, be arrested and be dealt with as if he had been arrested at the time of committing such offence.
(6)
No person who has been arrested by an offi.cer of customs shall be released except on his own bond or on bail or under the special order in writing of a magistrate or a senior offi.cer of customs.

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s 118Powers of arrest

(1)

Any officer of customs may arrest without warrant-fa} any person found committing or attempting to commit, or employing or aiding any person to commit, or abetting the commission of, an offence against this Order;

{b} any person whom he may reasonably suspect to have in his possession any uncustomed or prohibited goods or any goods liable to seizure under this Order;

{c} any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has been guilty of an offence against this Order, and may search or cause to be searched any person so arrested:

Provided that no female shall be searched except by another female with strict regard to decency.

(2)

Every person so arrested shall be taken to a police station or may be detained in the custody of a proper officer of customs.

(3)

When any person is arrested by an officer of customs/ such officer shall comply with section 33 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7) as if he were a police officer.

(4)

A senior officer of customs has the same powers as are possessed under section 347 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7) by a police officer not below the rank of Inspector to admit to bail any person arrested under this section.

(5)

If any person liable to arrest under this Order is not arrested at the time of committing the offence for which he is so liable1 or after arrest makes his escape, he may, at any time afterwards, be arrested and be dealt with as if he had been arrested at the time of committing such offence.

(6)

No person who has been arrested by an offi.cer of customs shall be released except on his own bond or on bail or under the special order in writing of a magistrate or a senior offi.cer of customs.