(1) An officer may on reasonable suspicion stop and examine a conveyance to ascertain whether any uncustomed, prohibited or restricted goods or goods on which the duties have not been paid or secured by certificate or otherwise as required by law are contained in the conveyance.

(2) Where an officer does not find any goods, the officer is not on account of the stoppage and examination liable to prosecution, action or suit.

(3) Where a person in charge of a conveyance refuses to stop or allow the examination when required by an officer, that person shall incur a penalty of not less than two hundred and not more than six hundred penalty units or on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or both.

(4) Where an officer finds goods which the officer reasonably considers ought to be accompanied by a required document, and the person in charge of the conveyance does not produce the certificate on demand, the officer may seize the conveyance and its contents and may arrest and detain any person found in or accompanying the conveyance at the time of the stoppage and prosecute that person.

(5) Where the person fails to satisfy the court that the goods were lawfully in the custody or possession of that person for removal that person shall incur a penalty of not more than three hundred percent of the duty payable on the goods and the goods shall be forfeited to the State.