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Section 11: Application of law relating to sea customs and powers of Customs officers
- (1) The law for the time being in force relating to sea customs and to goods, the import of which is prohibited by section 18 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878 1 (18 of 1878) shall, subject to the provisions of section 13 of this Act, apply in respect of drugs 2[and cosmetics] the import of which is prohibited under this Chapter and officers of Customs and officers empowered under that Act to perform the duties imposed thereby on a 3[Commissioner of Custom and other officers of Customs, shall have the same powers in respect of such drugs 4[and cosmetics] as they have for the time being in respect of such goods as aforesaid. 5[(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the 6[Commissioner of Customs] or any officer of the Government authorised by the Central Government in this behalf, may detain any imported package which he suspects to contain any drug 4[or cosmetic] the import of which is prohibited under this Chapter and shall forthwith report such detention to the Drugs Controller, India and, if necessary, forward the p ackage or sample of any suspected drug 4[or cosmetic] found therein to the Central Drugs Laboratory.]
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