Section 198: Power to open packages and examine, weigh or measure goods

198. Power to open packages and examine, weigh or measure goods.- The appropriate officer may open any package or container and examine, weigh or measure any goods brought to the customs-station for importation or exportation and may for that purpose unload any such goods from the conveyance on which they have been imported or are to be exported 1[:] 2[Provided that the Collector may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, defer the examination of goods or class of goods belonging to a particular importer or class of importers, exporters or class of exporters and cause it to be performed at a designated place he deems fit and proper.]

Effective date: 1969-03-03

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