Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
24. Any officer of any of the departments mentioned in section 23 may-
|glacas.|_(a)_seize, in any public plaue or in transit, an? dangerous||
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||drug in respect of which he has reason to believe||
||.an offence punishable under ChapterI11has been||
||committed, and, along with such drug, any other||
||article liable to confiscatiok under section 33, and||
||any document or other article which he has reason||
||to believe may furilish evidence of the commission||
||of an offence punishable under ChapterI11relating||
||to such drug;||
||(b)detain and search any person wlloni he has reason to||
||believe to have committed an offence punishable<br>under Chapter111:and,ifsuch person has any|I<br>I|
||dangerous drug in his possession and such posses-||
||sion appears to himtobe unlawful, arrest him and||
||any other persons in his company.||
|~ o d o - o fmaung<br>eearcheaand<br>.-rests.|maung<br>25.The prorisious of the CodeofCriminal Prrocedure,<br>1898,shall apply, in so far as they are not inconsist.ent withVOi1898.||
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OF `1930.1`
Uange~ous `Drugs.`
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(Chapte~ IV.-P~ocedu~.e.)
the provisions of sections `22, 23` and `24,` to all warrants issued and arrests and searches made u~lder thvve sections.
Source: India Code