Section 55

an officer of customs as defined in section 3(1) of the Customs Act 1960; 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 Part;“conveyance” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995;“detained goods” means goods detained under section 56 or 67;“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Customs appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act 1960;“goods in transit” means goods imported, whether or not landed or transhipped within Singapore, which are to be carried to another country either by the same or another conveyance;“infringement action” means an action under section 4 concerning the importation or exportation of detained goods;“requestor” means a person who gives a written notice under section 56(1) to the Director‑General;“retention period”, in relation to detained goods, means —

the period specified in a notice given under section 59 in respect of the goods; or

if that period has been extended under section 59, that period as so extended;“senior authorised officer” means —

a senior officer of customs as defined in section 3(1) of the Customs Act 1960; 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 a senior authorised officer by this Part;“suspected infringing goods” means goods which, or the packaging of which, bear a term identical with a registered geographical indication, but which do not originate from the place indicated by that registered geographical indication;“vehicle” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995;“vessel” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995.