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Search and seizure.
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19.—(1) Without prejudice to any powers conferred by the Customs Acts, a person (in this section referred to as the traveller) who, on any occasion, is about to leave the State or arrives in the State shall, if on that occasion he is required to do so by an officer of customs and excise or an authorised officer—
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(a) declare whether or not he has with him any thing prohibited to be imported or exported by any of the provisions of this Act except with the permission of the Minister, and
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(b) produce any such thing as aforesaid which he has with him.
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(2) The officer may examine or search any article which the traveller has with him for the purpose of ascertaining whether he is conveying or has in his possession any such thing and, if the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the traveller has about his person any such thing, he may search the traveller, and the officer may seize any thing produced as aforesaid or found upon such examination or search as aforesaid as to which the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that it is prohibited to be imported or exported by any of the provisions of this Act except with the permission of the Minister, unless the traveller produces evidence showing that he is exporting or importing the thing in accordance with this Act.
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(3) A female shall not be searched in pursuance of this section except by a female.
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