139 Provisions as to detention, seizure and condemnation of goods, etc
Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (1979 c 2) | Legislation

Forfeiture

139  Provisions as to detention, seizure and condemnation of goods, etc

(1)     Any thing liable to forfeiture under the customs and excise Acts may be seized or detained by any officer or constable or any member of Her Majesty's armed forces or coastguard.

[(1A)     A person mentioned in subsection (1) who reasonably suspects that any thing may be liable to forfeiture under the customs and excise Acts may detain that thing.

(1B)     References in this section and Schedule 2A to a thing detained as liable to forfeiture under the customs and excise Acts include a thing detained under subsection (1A).]

(2)     Where any thing is seized or detained as liable to forfeiture under the customs and excise Acts by a person other than an officer, that person shall, subject

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