Singapore legislation
Clause 20
Clause 20
Repeal and re-enactment of section 96
Section 96 of the Customs Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“When search may be made without warrant
96. Whenever it appears to any senior officer of customs that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any dwelling-house, shop, or other building or place there are concealed or deposited any —
dutiable or uncustomed goods; or
goods liable to forfeiture under this Act or any regulations made thereunder; or
goods as to which any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder has been committed; or
books, records, documents or other articles directly or indirectly relating to any transaction or dealing in any of the aforesaid goods,and if he has reasonable grounds for believing that by reason of the delay in obtaining a search warrant such goods, books, records, documents or other articles are likely to be removed, such officer may exercise in, upon and in respect of such dwelling-house, shop, or other building or place all the powers mentioned in section 94 of this Act as if he were authorised so to do by a warrant issued under that section.”.