Section 23. ( I ) Any officer of the department of Excise, Police,

23. ( I ) Any officer of the department of Excise, Police, P ~ w ; ; , " , ' ~ ~ ~ , Customs, Salt, Opium, or Revenue, superior in rank to a peon andarrestwith. out wanah. or constable, authorised in this behalf by the Local Government, who has reason to believe, from personal lmowledge or from information given by any person and taken down in writing, that any dangerous drug in respect of which an offence punishable under Chapter I11 has been committed is kept or concealed in ally building, vessel or enclosed place, may, between sunrise and sunset,- `(a)` enter into any such building, vessel or place; - (b) in case of resistance, break open any door and remove any other obstacle to such entry; (c) seize Da~~gerous Drugs. [ACT 11 (Chaptev IV.-P~ocedu~e.) ||Da~~gerous Drugs.<br>Drugs.<br>[ACT11<br>(Chaptev IV.-P~ocedu~e.)| |---|---| ||(c) seize such drug and all materials used in the manu-| ||facture thelGof and any other article which he has| ||reason to believe to be liable to confiscation under| ||section33and any document or other article which| ||hehas reason to believe may furnish evidence of the| ||commission of an offence punishable under Chapter| ||I11relating to such drug; and| ||(d) detain and search, and, if he think proper, arrest any| ||person whom he has reason to believe t,o have com-| ||mitted an offence punishable under ChapterI11| ||relating to such drug:| ||Provided that if such officer has reason to believe that a| ||search warrant cannot be obtained without affording oppor-| ||tunity for the concealment of evidence or facility for the| ||escape of an offender, he may enter and search such building,| ||vessel or enclosed place at any time between sunset and| ||sunrise, after recording the grounds of his belief.| ||(2)Where an officer talres down any information in writing| ||under sub-section( I ) ,or recorcis grounds for llis belief under| ||the proviso thereto, he bhall forthwith send a copy thereof to| ||his immediatsofficial supelior.| |Powerof<br>eeleweand<br>&r@tinpubh<br>glacas.|pubh<br>24.Any officer of any of the departments mentioned in<br>section 23 may-<br>_(a)_seize, in any public plaue or in transit, an? dangerous| 1 I I I