Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
29. Whenever any Excise-officer in receipt of such monthly salary as aforesaid has reason to believe, from information given by any person (which information shall be taken down in writing), that in any place spirit is unlawfully manufactured, or any article liable to confiscation under this Act is kept or concealed,
such officer may, after sunrise and before sunset (but always in the presence of an officer of police in the receipt of a monthly salary of not less than ten rupees), enter into such place,
and in case of resistance may break open any door and force and remove any other obstacle to such entry, and may seize and carry away such spirit or article,
and may also arrest the occupier of the place, with all other persons concerned in the manufacture of such spirit or in the keeping and concealing of such article.
Collector may issue warrant of arrest in certain cases.
Source: India Code