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Power to stop and search conveyance.-Anv officer authorised under section 42, may, if he has reason to suspeit that any inirnal or conveyance is, or is about to be, used for the trarupori of any nircotic drue or pivchotrooic substance r[or controlled substancel, in respeit of which t " "susoe'ct3 ttr"i r'"" provision of this Act has beery or is being, oi is about to be, contr^avened at an(r .Lmg, stop such animal or convey;rnce, or, in the case of an aircraft, compel it tir land and- (a) rummage and search the conveyance or part thereof; (b) examine and search any goods bn the animal or in the conveyance; (c) if it becomes necessary io stop the animal or the convevance. ht mav use all lawful means ior stopping it, and where such rireans fail, thl: animal or the conveyance may b=e fired upon.