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Navigation Act 1912
164All ships may be searched
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#### 164 All ships may be searched
(1) All ships (whether or not they are ships to which this Part applies) may be searched by any officer of Customs, or by any officer of police authorized in writing by the Authority.
(2) No master of any ship (whether or not it is a ship to which this Part applies) shall:
(a) refuse to permit an officer of Customs or an authorized officer of police to thoroughly search the ship; or
(b) fail to cause the ship to be hove to when called upon or signalled in the prescribed manner so to do, by any such officer, for the purpose of enabling the officer to board the ship; or
(c) engage in conduct that results in the concealment of any person on board the ship.
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.