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Any person landing, or being about to land, or having recently landed in a free zone, from any vessel or aircratt, whether for the purpose of landing or otherwise, or entering or having recently entered a free zone by road or railway or leaving or about to leave a free zone in any vessel or aircraft, or by road or railway shall, it so requested by any proper officer of customs either permit his person, goods and baggage to be searched by such officer, or together with such goods and baggage accompany such ofticer to a customs oftice or customs station or police station and there permit his person, goods and baggage to be searched by an officer of customs: Provided that— (a) any person requesting that his person be searched in the presence of a senior officer of customs shall not be searched except in the presence of and under the supervision of such officer, and such person may be detained until the arrival of such officer or taken into any customs office or customs station or police station where such officer may be found; (b) the goods and baggage of any person who requests to be present when they are searched and so present himself within a reasonable time shall not be searched except in his presence; and another (c) no temale shall be searched except by A female officer of customs or police officer, witl strict regard to decêncy.