Section 165: Power to examine persons

165. Power to examine persons.- (1) The appropriate officer may, during the course of an inquiry in connection with the smuggling of any goods.- (a) require any person to produce or deliver any document or thing to such officer; (b) examine any person acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case. (2) The appropriate officer shall exercise the powers in sub-section (1) only in relation to a person who is readily available or present before him and shall be subject to the same provisions as an officer-in-charge of a police-station is subject to under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), when investigating a cognizable offence.

Effective date: 1969-03-03

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