Section XXI. The[Government may exempt any person from the provisions ][of ] Govel~lment may Sections XVIBI and X

XXI. The[Government may exempt any person from the provisions ][of ] Govel~lment may Sections XVIBI and XIW upon such conditions, if any, as sxe~npt persons from - the provisions of Seesuch Government may consider necessary. tions XQIII and XIS. XXHP. Penalty for wilful neglect to give notice of Dossession of Am- muGltion kc. in certain cases. The Government may require aU persons having in their p~~session .Ammunition or other M.ilitary Stores or Am- Sulphurs in any greater quantities than are considered. reasonable fox- private use, to give notice tlleseof to the Magishate - ACT No. XXYIII `OF` 1857. Magistratme or other OfEcer specified by Government; and any person who wiIiirlly neglects to give such notice shall be liable, on coli~ict~lon before a %!lagistrate, to iniprisonment with or without hard labor for a term not exceedii~g two years, and shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand Rupees ; and ail Ammunition, Military %t,ores, or Sulphur in the -possession of such person or upon his premises shall be confiscated. XX'BII. If any Magistarate have reasonal?le cause for suspecting ' \ .s' that Power to enter and Arms, Anlmunition, or Sulphur liable to confiscation are search houses. in ally house, b:~ilding, or other place, or that any ~mmilnition, or Srxlphur are in any house, builcling, or other plsce iiz the gssse~siort of any person in whose possession they cannot be left with safety t,o the public peace,' he may, with such assistance as he sllali t11ink necessary, by nigllt or `by` day and by force if necessary, enter and search ray S U C ~ l10~;ise or place, or cause the same to be entered aad searched. It shall be compe- teat to a IXagistrate to delegate to any of his Eu-ropean Assista,nts the potvers confel.rcd on hirx by this Section. xXI$;. The Governor General of India in Coxncil, or the Execntire Government of any Presidency or place, or the Chief CornGenera! search for or the Arms,Amniunitian. kc.,[missioners of the Pu-njab and Oude respacti~ei~, ] may be ordered in any Coml~~issioners of Nagpore and Scinde respectively, or any Liist:ict. other persons autliorized by GovernnlenL, may order a ' 7 ETe~~eral seazch for Arms, Animunition, or Sulphur to be niade, by 3,ny Officers or perso~~s nan~ed in such order, in any District or place specified therein. The persons autilorized by sucli order, and all persons acting nllder their - shall have tlie like powers of entry, search, and seizure as are conferred by -the last preceding Section.