- Any Gold Control Officer authorised in this behalf by the Administrator may, if he has any reason to suspect that any conveyance or animal is being, or is about to be, used for the transport of any gold in respect of which he suspects that any provision of this Act has been, or is being, or is about to be, contravened, at any time stop such conveyance or animal, or, in the case of an aircraft, compel it to land, and(a)rummage and search the conveyance or part thereof;(b)examine and search any goods in the conveyance or on the animal;(c)if it becomes necessary to stop any conveyance or animal, he may use all lawful means for stopping it, and where such means fail, the conveyance or animal may be fired upon.Explanation. - Any reference to a conveyance in this Chapter and in Chapters XIII, XIV and XV shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to any aircraft, vehicle or vessel.
