Singapore legislation
Clause 95
Clause 95
Examination of packages
(1)
Any goods, package, box, chest or other article which is being or has recently been imported and in regard to which a reasonable suspicion exists that it is or that it contains goods liable to be seized under section 82 may be —
examined and searched by an authorised officer or detained until any person in charge thereof has opened it for examination and search;
subjected to such tests or analysis as the authorised officer thinks fit;
forcibly opened by, or by order of, a senior authorised officer to facilitate the examination and search except that any person in charge of the package, box, chest or other article shall be afforded every reasonable facility for being present at the opening, examination and search; or
marked, locked, sealed or otherwise secured by an authorised officer pending examination and search.
(2)
Any person, other than an authorised officer, who removes, opens, breaks or tampers with any lock, seal or other means of securing any goods, package, box, chest or other article referred to in subsection (1)(d) 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.