The Dangerous Druge Act 1930, 2 of 1930, (Rep., Act 61 of 1985) · IV — .

Section 24. Any officer of any of the departments mentioned in section 23 may

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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|| |---|---|---| ||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.|| ||the|| OF `1930.1` Uange~ous `Drugs.` k & +a : `b g` ,z7 Lflr %- F ~ (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