Section 8: Temporary detention of persons

In the course of controls falling within their remit, customs officers, once they have consulted the processing of personal data relating to individuals, objects or vehicles for which an alert has been issued, governed by article 31 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, may, for the purposes of providing a judicial police officer with information, provisionally detain persons for whom an…

In the event of the commission of a flagrant offence punishable by a prison sentence other than those provided for in this Code, customs officers may arrest the alleged offender with a view to handing him over to a judicial police officer or, in the case of offences for which he is competent, to a customs officer authorised pursuant toArticle 28-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, on the instructions…