Stopping carts, etc., search

It shall be lawful for any officer of customs or police officer, or any person acting in his aid and assistance, or duly employed for the prevention of smuggling upon reasonable suspicion to stop and examine any cart, wagon or carriage for the purpose of ascertaining whether any smuggled, prohibited or forfeited goods are contained therein, and if no such goods are found, then and in such case the officer or other person so stopping and examining such cart, wagon or carriage, having had probable cause to suspect that smuggled, prohibited or forfeited goods were contained therein, shall not on account of such stoppage and search, be liable to any prosecution or action at law on account thereof, and all persons driving or conducting such cart, wagon or carriage, refusing to stop when required to do so in the name of the Government of Belize, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. etc.