Section 22: Search without warrant by police or customs

(1) Any police officer may at any time search without warrant any person or the property of any person he reasonably suspects of-
(a) buying any antiquity while he is not an accredited agent; or
(b) selling any antiquity to a person who is not an accredited agent and he may seize anything he reasonably suspects to be an antiquity together with any container in which it is kept.
(2)
Any officer of the Nigerian Customs Service may at any time search without warrant anything intended to be exported from Nigeria if he reasonably believes that the thing intended to be exported from Nigeria contains any antiquity, and he may seize the thing he reasonably suspects to be an antiquity together with any container in which it is kept.
(3) Anything seized under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall as soon as possible be taken before a magistrate who--
(a) in respect of seizure under subsection (1) of this section, shall make an order for the forfeiture of the thing seized together with any container in which it is kept to the State, if it is established that the thing seized is an antiquity and that it has been bought or sold contrary to the provisions of section 21 of this Act;
(b) in respect of seizure under subsection (2) of this section, shall make an order for the forfeiture of the thing seized together with any container in which it is kept to the State if it is established that the thing seized is an antiquity and that no export permit in respect thereof has been issued by the Commission.
(4) A magistrate shall notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment, have jurisdiction for the summary trial of any matter under this Part of this Act and may impose any fine, any sentence or any other penalty, provided by this Act.
(5) Any antiquity forfeiture to the State under any of the provisions of this Part of this Act shall be kept in the custody of the Director-General and shall be disposed of in such a manner as the Commission may direct.
(6) Any person obstructing a police officer or an officer of the Nigerian Customs Service in the performance of his duties under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of N1,000 or to imprisonment for three years.