law: Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
  6.Application of law
  
  relating to sea customs and powers of Customs Officers. -
  (1) The law for the
  
  time being in force relating to sea customs and to goods, the import of which
  
  is prohibited by See. 18 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878 (8 of 1878)1 shall,
  
  subject to the provisions of Sec. 16 of this Act, apply, in respect of articles
  
  of food, the import of which is prohibited under Sec. 5 of this Act, and
  
  officers of Customs and officers empowered under that Act to perform the duties
  
  imposed thereby on a 2[Commissioner of Customs] and other officers of Customs
  
  shall have the same powers in respect of such articles of food as they have for
  
  the time being in respect of such goods as aforesaid.
  (2) Without prejudice
  
  to the provisions of sub-section (1) the 3[Commissioner of Customs], or any
  
  officer of the Government authorized by the Central Government in this behalf,
  
  may detain any imported package which he suspects to contain any article of
  
  food the import of' which is prohibited under Sec. 5 of this Act, and shall
  
  forthwith report such detention to the Director of the Central Food Laboratory
  
  and, if required by him, forward the package or send samples of any suspected
  
  articles of food found therein to the said Laboratory.
  1. The said Act has
  
  been repealed by the Customs Act, 1962 {52 of 1962}, Sec. 160 and Schedule.
  2. Subs. by Act 22 of
  
  1995.  Sec. 87.
  3. The words "or"
  
  omitted by Act 34 of 1976, Sec. 6 {w.e.f. 1st April, 1976).