Customs Amendment (Strengthening Border Controls) Act 2008 (74 of 2008)

Schedule 2   Search powers on certain ships and aircraft

Customs Act 1901

17   Before subsection 219M(1)

Insert:

(1A) If a person is detained under section 219L, an officer of Customs may:

(a) carry out a frisk search of the person to determine whether the person is unlawfully carrying prohibited goods; and

(b) recover any prohibited goods found in the course of the frisk search.