20.—(1) An officer authorised by the Governor may require any person who is about to leave the Territory (“P”) to—
(a)declare whether P is carrying prohibited goods destined for Syria or for delivery (directly or indirectly) to, or to the order of, any person in Syria, and
(b)produce any such goods that P is carrying.
(2) P commits an offence if P—
(a)fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement under paragraph (1), or
(b)knowingly or recklessly makes a declaration which is false in a material particular.
(3) An officer authorised by the Governor, or a person acting under the officer’s authority, may search P for the purpose of finding out whether P is carrying prohibited goods.
(4) A search under paragraph (3) must be carried out by a person of the same sex as P.
(5) P commits an offence if P fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a request to be searched under paragraph (3).
(6) An officer authorised by the Governor, or a person acting under the officer’s authority, must, if requested to do so, produce evidence of his or her authority before exercising any power conferred by this article.