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Practice question: Customs Search

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

An authorized customs officer has reasonable cause that a box in a carrier contains prohibited goods. May Section222 supply authority to open and examine it for that purpose?
  1. Yes; it addresses that examination
  2. No; every container is absolutely exempt
  3. Only a mayor may examine it
  4. Only after final forfeiture
  5. Only if it holds ordinary clothes

Legal references

  • RA10863, Customs Modernization and Tariff Act, Sections221–222: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2016/ra_10863_2016.html

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