s 68S Examination of packages, etc.
68S.—(1) Any goods, package, box, chest or other article which is being or has recently been imported, or is being exported, and in regard to which a reasonable suspicion exists that it is or that it contains goods liable to be seized under section 68D may be —(a) examined and inspected by an authorised officer or detained until any person in charge of it has opened it for examination and inspection; (b) subjected to such infringement verification, or tests or analysis as the authorised officer thinks fit; or (c) marked, locked, sealed or otherwise secured by an authorised officer pending examination and inspection. (2) An authorised officer may require the person in charge of any package, box, chest or other article mentioned in subsection (1) to open the package, box, chest or article (as the case may be) for examination and inspection. (3) If the person in charge of the package, box, chest or other article mentioned in subsection (1) refuses, or fails after being given reasonable time and opportunity, to comply with the requirement under subsection (2), a senior authorised officer, or an authorised officer acting in accordance with an order of a senior authorised officer, may forcibly open the package, box, chest or article to facilitate the examination and inspection of it. (4) Any person, other than an authorised officer, who removes, opens, breaks or tampers with any mark, lock, seal or other means of securing any goods, package, box, chest or other article mentioned in subsection (1)(c) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. (5) In this section, “infringement verification” means any process (whether involving the owner of the registered design concerned or not) to determine if any article is or contains goods liable to be seized under section 68D(4).[Act 34 of 2018 wef 21/11/2022]