Section 27
Power to examine packages
of Newspaper and Printing Presses Act 1974
ActIn forceProvision 27 of 45
Section 27
Amended by34/2007
(1)
Any —
(a)
officer of a postal licensee not below the rank of postal superintendent;
(b)
officer of customs;
(c)
police officer; and
(d)
other officer authorised in that behalf by the Minister,may detain, open and examine any package or article which the officer suspects to contain any declared foreign newspaper and if such newspaper, which is not marked in accordance with section 24(4), is found in the package or article, the whole package or article may be impounded and retained by the officer who must deliver it to the Registrar.
Amended by34/2007
(2)
The Registrar may destroy any declared foreign newspaper delivered under subsection (1) or may dispose of the newspaper in any manner directed by the Minister.