Under the conditions and subject to the reservations defined in articles 63-2 to 63-4-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the person placed in customs detention has the right to be examined by a doctor and to the assistance of a lawyer, as well as the right to contact a close relative or his curator or guardian, his employer, the consular authorities of his country if he is of foreign nationality and, if necessary, to communicate with one of these persons or authorities. The powers conferred on the judicial police officer by articles 63-2 to 63-3-1, 63-4-2 and 63-4-3 of the same code are exercised by a customs officer.
When the person is detained for a customs offence mentioned in the last paragraph of article 414, the third paragraph of article 414-2 or article 415 of the present code or for an offence related to an offence mentioned in article 706-73 of the code of criminal procedure, the intervention of the lawyer may be deferred under the conditions set out in the sixth to eighth paragraphs of article 706-88 of the same code.