s 97 Agents and employees
97. —(1) The agent or employee of any person or firm may transact business generally at any customs office on behalf of the person or firm subject to the following provisions: ( a ) a senior officer of customs may refuse to transact business with the agent or employee unless the person or a member of the firm identifies the agent or employee to the officer as empowered to transact the business and deposits with that officer a signed authority authorising the agent or employee to transact the business on behalf of that person or firm; or ( b ) a senior officer of customs may in addition require that person or firm to give any security that the officer may consider adequate for the faithful and incorrupt conduct of the agent or employee acting on behalf of that person or firm. (2) The Director‑General may forfeit the whole or any part of the amount secured under subsection (1)( b ) as the Director‑General may think fit if the Director‑General is satisfied that the agent or employee has committed or attempted to commit or abetted the commission of an improper or corrupt act. —(1) The agent or employee of any person or firm may transact business generally at any customs office on behalf of the person or firm subject to the following provisions: ( a ) a senior officer of customs may refuse to transact business with the agent or employee unless the person or a member of the firm identifies the agent or employee to the officer as empowered to transact the business and deposits with that officer a signed authority authorising the agent or employee to transact the business on behalf of that person or firm; or ( b ) a senior officer of customs may in addition require that person or firm to give any security that the officer may consider adequate for the faithful and incorrupt conduct of the agent or employee acting on behalf of that person or firm. (2) The Director‑General may forfeit the whole or any part of the amount secured under subsection (1)( b ) as the Director‑General may think fit if the Director‑General is satisfied that the agent or employee has committed or attempted to commit or abetted the commission of an improper or corrupt act.