(1) When a customs officer deems it necessary to discharge his or her duties on the sea, he or she may file a request for assistance with any of the following persons: <Amended on Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017; Dec. 22, 2020>
1. The commanding officer of each unit of the Army, the Navy, or the Air Force;
2. The head of a national police station;
3. The head of a coast guard agency.
(2) A person in receipt of a request for assistance prescribed in paragraph (1) may track down and monitor means of transportation suspected of smuggling or order such means of transportation to stop sailing, or inspect or search it in cooperation with customs officers, and if it fails to comply with such order, forcibly stop, inspect, or search it. <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2010][Title Amended on Dec. 22, 2020]