Customs Order, 2006 · As enacted · Part XII
111. Officers of customs may stop and search conveyances
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
( 1)
Any officer of customs may stop and examine any vehicle for the purpose of ascertaining whether any dutiable, uncustomed or prohibited goods are contained therein.
officer of customs
"officer of customs" means- (a) the Controller; (b) any Deputy Controller, Assistant Controller, Senior Superintendent, Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of Customs and Excise appointed under section 3; and (c) the persons authorised by section 5 to exercise the powers of senior officers of customs or of officers of customs and any person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to act as an officer of customs;
The person in charge or in control of any vehicle shall produce his vehicle to the proper officer of customs, and shall, if so required, move his vehicle to another place for examination, and shall not proceed until permission to do so has been given by the proper officer of customs.
The person in charge or in control of any vehicle stopped for examination under subsection (1) shall, on request by the proper officer of customs, open all parts of the vehicle for examination by the officer and take all measures necessary to enable such examination as the officer considers necessary to be made.
Terms defined in s 2
officer of customs
Defined · s 2"officer of customs" means- (a) the Controller; (b) any Deputy Controller, Assistant Controller, Senior Superintendent, Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of Customs and Excise appointed under section 3; and (c) the persons authorised by section 5 to exercise the powers of senior officers of customs or of officers of customs and any person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to act as an officer of customs;
prohibited goods
Defined · s 2"prohibited goods" means goods the import or export of which is prohibited/ either absolutely or conditionally/ by an order under section 31 or by any other written law for the time being in force in Brunei Darussalam;