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.
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