112.—(1) Any officer of customs may arrest without warrant —
(a)
any person found committing or attempting to commit, or employing or aiding any person to commit, or abetting the commission of, an offence under this Act;
(b)
any person whom he may reasonably suspect to have in his possession any dutiable or uncustomed goods or any goods liable to seizure under this Act; or
(c)
any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has been guilty of an offence under this Act,
and may search or cause to be searched, any person so arrested.
(2) No woman shall be searched except by a woman.
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(3) An officer of customs making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to this section as to bail or previous release, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate’s Court.
(4) No officer of customs shall detain in custody a person arrested without a warrant for a longer period than under the circumstances of the case is reasonable.
(5) Such period shall not exceed 48 hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate’s Court.
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(6) No person who has been arrested by an officer of customs shall be released except on his own bond or on bail or under the special order in writing of a Magistrate or a senior officer of customs.
(7) If any person liable to arrest under this Act is not arrested at the time of committing the offence for which he is so liable, or after arrest makes his escape, he may, at any time afterwards, be arrested and be dealt with as if he had been arrested at the time of committing the offence.