18. Section 118 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor: -
| 118. It shall be lawful for the officers of customs to go on board any ship many port or place in Sri Lanka or hovering within the territorial waters of Sri Lanka and to rummage and search all parts of such ship for prohibited and uncustomed goods, and freely to stay on board such ship so long as such ship remains in such port or place or within such territorial waters; and if any such ship is bound elsewhere, and continues so hovering for the space of twenty-four hours after the master has been required to depart, it shall be lawful for the officers of customs to bring such ship into port and to search and examine her cargo, and to examine the master touching the cargo and voyage; and if there are any goods on board prohibited to be imported into Sri Lanka, and if the master does not truly answer the questions which are demanded of him on such examination, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding two thousand rupees.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts