Lawgist24Power of seizure and arrest in public places
Any subordinate officer to the enforcement officer as is authorised in section 23 may--
(a) seize, in any public place or in transit, any goods, in relation to which he has reason to believe an offence punishable under Chapter VI has been committed, and, along with such goods, any conveyance liable to confiscation under this Act, and any document or goods which he has reason to believe may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under Chapter VI relating to such goods;
(b) detain and search any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed an offence punishable under Chapter VI, and, if such person has any Toxic Chemical or Precursor or any Discrete Organic Chemical including Discrete Organic Chemicals containing elements of phosphorous, sulphur or fluorine in his possession and such possession appears to him to be unlawful, arrest him and any other person in his company.
Explanation.--For the purposes of this section, the expression "public place" includes any public conveyance, shop, hotel or other place intended for use by, or accessible to, the public.
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- 19 Power of Inspector to inspect any person or place
- 20 Enforcement officer to enter into any place for examining and testing facility or to conduct search
- 21 Certain acts to constitute an offence
- 22 Power to issue warrant and authorisation
- 23 Power of entry, search, seizure and arrest without warrant or authorisation
- 24 Power of seizure and arrest in public places
- 25 Procedure where seizure of goods liable to confiscation not possible
- 26 Power to stop and search conveyance
- 27 Conditions under which search of persons be conducted
- 28 Provisions of Act 2 of 1974 to apply to arrests, searches and seizures
- 29 Disposal of persons arrested and goods seized
- 30 Power to invest officers of the National Authority, etc., with powers of an officer in charge of a police station
- 31 Police to take charge of goods seized and delivered
- 32 Report of arrest and seizure
- 33 Liability of Toxic Chemical, Precursor and conveyance to confiscation
- 34 Confiscation of Goods used for concealing Toxic Chemicals or Precursors
- 35 Confiscation of sale proceeds of goods
- 36 Procedure in making confiscation
- 37 Power to call for information, etc
- 38 Information as to commission of offences
