No. 15. Customs (Amendment). 1973.


 (2) Where any proceedings, whether civil or
 criminal, are brought against the Comptroller or
 against any officer or constable on account of
 the seizure or detention of any thing, and judg-
 ment is given for the plaintiff or prosecutor, then
 if either:-
 (a) a certificate relating to the seizure
 has been granted under the fore-
 going sub-section; or
 (b) the court is satisfied that there were
 reasonable grounds for seizing or
 detaining that thing, the plaintiff or
 prosecutor shall not be entitled to
 recover any damages or costs and the
 defendant shall not be liable to any
 punishment;
 Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall
 affect any right of any person to the return of the
 thing seized or detained or to compensation in
 respect of any damage to the thing or in respect
 of the destruction thereof..
 (3) Any certificate under sub-section (1) of
 this section may be proved by the production of
 either the original certificate or a certified copy
 thereof purporting to be signed by an officer of
 the court by which it was granted.

Provision as 90. (1) Any person who has committed, or
to detention whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect of
of persons. having committed, any offence for which he is
 liable to be detained under the customs laws may
 be detained by any officer or constable at any time
 within three years from the date of the commis-
 sion of the offence.
 (2) Where it was not practicable to detain
 any such person as aforesaid at the time of the
 commission of the offence, or where any such
 person having been then or subsequently detained
 for that offence has escaped, he may be detained
 by any officer or constable at any time and may
 be proceeded against as if the offence had been
 committed at the date when he was finally
 detained.
 (3) Any person may detain a person who has
 committed or is' reasonably suspected of having
 committed an offence against the Customs Laws,