law: Emigration Act, 1983
  35. Power to search, seize and detain persons,
  
  conveyance etc .-
  All the powers for the time being conferred by
  
  the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), on officers of customs with regard to the
  
  searching and detention of persons, vessels or aircraft or any other
  
  conveyance, or seizure of any document or thing or arrest of any person or
  
  otherwise for the purpose of prevention or detection of any offence under that
  
  Act or for apprehending a person suspected to have committed any offence under
  
  that Act may be exercised for the purpose of prevention or detection of any
  
  offence under this Act or for apprehending a person suspected to have committed
  
  any offence under this Act, by- any such officer of customs, or the Protector
  
  General of Emigrants a Protector of Emigrants, or an officer in charge of an
  
  emigration check-post.