If a Customs officer or constable is searching you under section 210 or 211, they can take something from you if they think it might be a dangerous item. They can also take something if they think it might be goods that you should have paid duty on, or goods that are not allowed in New Zealand. You should know that they can take things that might be evidence of something wrong, like a thing that breaks the Customs and Excise Act 2018. Some rules from the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply when Customs officers or constables take things from you, you can find these rules in subparts 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 of Part 4.

When Customs officers or constables take things from you, some specific rules from the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 do not apply, these are sections 125(4), 131(5)(f), and 133, and subpart 6 of Part 4, if the things they take are goods that have been forfeited. Forfeited goods are things that have been taken away because they broke the law, and different rules apply to them.