It shall be the duty of all officers of the Post Office and of the Customs, respectively, to assist in carrying out the provisions of sections 22 and 23 of this Act, and to prevent the introduction into New Zealand of any bees or appliances contrary to this Act, and for that purpose they may, in respect of any bees or appliances so introduced or attempted to be introduced, exercise all the powers conferred by the Post Office Act 1959 in the case of postal articles posted in breach of that Act, and by the Customs Act 1966 in the case of uncustomed or prohibited goods.”

No person shall be deemed to have introduced into New Zealand any bees or appliances received by him from beyond New Zealand without his consent given before their dispatch to New Zealand.

Notwithstanding that any person receives any bees or appliances from beyond New Zealand without his consent given before their dispatch to New Zealand, he shall, on receipt of the bees or appliances, immediately notify an Inspector who is not a temporary Inspector and carry out to the satisfaction of the Inspector such directions as the Inspector may give as to the destruction, disposal, or treatment of the bees or appliances.

Every person commits an offence who fails to comply with any provision of subsection (2) of this section or with any directions given by an Inspector pursuant to that subsection.

Notwithstanding anything in section 14 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957, any information in respect of any offence against this section may be laid at any time within 3 years after the time when the matter of the information arose.”