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10 :(d) for preventing and suppressing illicit traffic in narcotic drugs, on the high seas.

Powers of the Agency

7. (1) The Agency shall have powers to carry out the purposes mentioned in subsection 3(2) and to do all things reasonably necessary for or incidental to the performance of its functions under section 6.

(2) In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Agency shall have power—
 * (a) to receive and consider any report of the commission of an offence;
 * (b) to stop, enter, board, inspect and search any place, structure, vessel or aircraft and to detain any vessel or aircraft;
 * (c) to demand the production of any licence, permit, record, certificate or any other document and to inspect such licence, permit, record, certificate or other document or make copies of or take extracts from such licence, permit, record, certificate or other document;
 * (d) to investigate any offence which it has reason to believe is being committed, or is about to be committed or has been committed;
 * (e) to exercise the right of ;
 * (f) to examine and seize any fish, article, device, goods, vessel, aircraft or any other item relating to any offence which has been committed or it has reason to believe has been committed;
 * (g) to dispose of any fish, article, device, goods, vessel, aircraft or any other item relating to any offence which has been committed or it has reason to believe has been committed;
 * (h) to arrest any person whom it has reason to believe has committed an offence; and