Every Police Officer, not below the grade of Inspector, shall be an inspector of weights and measures, and may enter any shop or premises for the purpose of inspecting the weights and measures and instruments for weighing kept or used therein, and may seize any weight, measure, or instrument for weighing, which he may have reason to believe is false.
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