(1) The law for the time being in force relating to customs and to goods the import of which is prohibited by or under the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), shall, subject to the provisions of section 27 of this Act, apply in respect of drugs the import of which is prohibited under this Act, and officers of customs and officers to whom any of the functions of an officer of customs have been entrusted under the said Act shall have the same powers in respect of such drugs as they have for the time being in respect of such goods as aforesaid.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), an officer of customs or a Federal Inspector or any other person as may be authorised by the Federal Government in this behalf may detain any imported package which he suspects to contain any drug the import of which is prohibited under this Act, and shall forthwith report such detention to the licensing authority and, if required by it, forward the package or samples of any suspected drug found therein to a laboratory specified by it.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), an officer of customs or a Federal Inspector or any other person as may be authorised by the Federal Government in this behalf may detain any imported package which he suspects to contain any drug the import of which is prohibited under this Act, and shall forthwith report such detention to the licensing authority and, if required by it, forward the package or samples of any suspected drug found therein to a laboratory specified by it.
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