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Duties of officers of custom as to delivery of letters by masters of vessels
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29.—(1) An officer of customs shall not allow any inward-bound vessel to report until the declaration required by this Act with respect to postal packets has been made and produced to him, and may refuse to permit bulk to be broken on board such a vessel or entry to be made of any part of her cargo until the postal packets on board the vessel have been delivered as required by this Act, and may search every such vessel for postal packets which may be on board contrary to this Act, and may seize the same and forward them to the nearest post office.
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