(1) Whenever a Collector or an officer of the Excise Department not below such rank as the 1[State Government] may prescribe or a police officer not below the rank of 2[Sub-Inspector] has reason to believe that an offence punishable under 3[section 60, section 60-A] section 61, section 62, section 63 or section 65 has been, is being or is likely to be committed in any place, and that a search warrant cannot be obtained without affording the offender an opportunity of escape or of concealing evidence of the offence, he may, at any time, in day or night, enter and search such place ;
Provided that 4[any officer] other than a Collector taking action under this sub-section shall before entering such place record the grounds of his belief as aforesaid.
(2) 5[The Collector or other officer] as aforesaid may seize anything found in such place which he has reason to believe to be liable to confiscation under this Act, and may detain and search and, if he thinks proper, arrest any person found in such place whom he has reason to believe to be guilty of such offence as aforesaid.
Provided that 4[any officer] other than a Collector taking action under this sub-section shall before entering such place record the grounds of his belief as aforesaid.
(2) 5[The Collector or other officer] as aforesaid may seize anything found in such place which he has reason to believe to be liable to confiscation under this Act, and may detain and search and, if he thinks proper, arrest any person found in such place whom he has reason to believe to be guilty of such offence as aforesaid.
Source footnotes
1. Subs. by the A. O. 1950 for (Provl. Govt.) which had been subs. by the A. O. 1937 for (L. G.).2. Subs. by sec. 9 of U. P. Act 9 of 1978.
3. Subs. by sec. 8 of U. P. Act 4 of 2018.
4. Subs. for (an excise officer) by s. 4 ibid.
5. Subs. for (Every Collector or other Excise Officer) by ibid.
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