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(4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), subsection (3) does not authorize—

(a) the detention for more than 12 hours of any vessel;

(b) the detention for more than 6 hours of any aircraft; or

(c) the detention for more than 12 hours of any vehicle.

(5) The Chief Secretary may, by order in writing under the hand of the Chief Secretary, detain a vessel referred to in subsection (4)(a) for further periods of not more than 12 hours each or detain an aircraft referred to in subsection (4)(b) for further periods of not more than 6 hours each, and any such order made by the Chief Secretary shall state the times from which and for which the order shall be effective.

(6) The Commissioner may, by order in writing under the hand of the Commissioner, detain a vehicle referred to in subsection (4)(c) for further periods of not more than 12 hours each, and any such order made by the Commissioner shall state the times from which and for which the order shall be effective.

16. Power to seize articles, etc., or require production of information

(1) A member of the Customs and Excise Service or an authorized officer may—

(a) seize any article in respect of which he reasonably suspects that an offence has been committed under this Ordinance, or which he reasonably suspects to be, or to contain, evidence of the commission of such an offence; or

(b) seize any vessel or vehicle if he reasonably suspects the vessel or vehicle to have been used in connection with the commission of an offence under this Ordinance.

(2) Where a member of the Customs and Excise Service or an authorized officer reasonably suspects, as regards any information that is contained in a computer in, on or accessible from any premises, place, vessel, aircraft or vehicle entered or boarded under section 15, that the information relates to an offence which has been, or may have been, committed under this Ordinance, the member or officer—

(a) may require the information to be produced on a computer in or on the premises, place, vessel, aircraft or vehicle in a visible and legible form, and may examine the information; or

(b) may require the information to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is either visible and legible or capable of being retrieved on a computer, and may take away the copy so produced.