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(1) A proper officer may detain an incoming or outgoing express or postal shipment that the proper officer reasonably suspect to contain a printed matter, document, or any other thing or matter, the importation or exportation of which is prohibited or restricted by law.

(2) The proper officer may open and examine the express or postal shipment

 (a) in the presence of the person to whom the express or postal  shipment is addressed or the agent of that person; or

(b) in the absence of the person to whom the express or postal shipment is addressed where that person fails to respond to a written notice from the proper officer requiring the attendance of that person after twenty-one days of the proper officer forwarding the notice to the person.