Section 53A

sells or offers or exposes for sale; or

has, or is reasonably suspected of having, in the person’s possession for the purpose of trade or manufacture,any goods to which a registered trade mark is falsely applied.

stop, search and board, whether forcibly or otherwise, any conveyance in which the authorised officer reasonably suspects there are goods to which a registered trade mark has been falsely applied; and

seize, remove or detain any such goods and anything which appears to the authorised officer —

to be or to contain; or

to be likely to be or to contain,evidence of any offence under section 46, 47, 48, 49 or 52.

any goods which are the subject of an offence under section 46, 47, 48, 49 or 52;

any material or article which has been used in the commission of an offence under section 46, 47, 48, 49 or 52; or

any document which is evidence that an offence under section 46, 47, 48, 49 or 52 has been committed,the court may issue, either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the court thinks fit, a warrant authorising a police officer to enter and search the premises or conveyance for any goods, material, article or document referred to in the warrant, whether specifically or in any general category, and to seize any such goods, material, article or document found at the premises or conveyance.

in proceedings brought under section 46, 47, 48, 49 or 52, no order is made —

as to the disposal of the goods, material, article or document; or

in the case of any goods or article mentioned in section 53, under section 53(1) or (2); or

no such proceedings are instituted within 6 months of the seizure,the goods, material, article or document must be returned to the person in whose possession it was when it was seized or, if it is not reasonably practicable to return it to that person, must be disposed of in accordance with the law regulating the disposal of lost or unclaimed property in the hands of police authorities.

a police officer;

an officer of customs as defined in the Customs Act 1960;

an immigration officer as defined in the Immigration Act 1959; or

any officer or class or description of officers appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on an authorised officer by this section;