Lawgist220Seizure of documents by inspecto
(1) Where in the course of an investigation under this Chapter, the inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that the books and papers of, or relating to, any company or other body corporate or managing director or manager of such company are likely to be destroyed, mutilated, altered, falsified or secreted, the inspector may--
(a) enter, with such assistance as may be required, the place or places where such books and papers are kept in such manner as may be required; and
(b) seize books and papers as he considers necessary after allowing the company to take copies of, or extracts from, such books and papers at its cost for the purposes of his investigation.
(2) The inspector shall keep in his custody the books and papers seized under this section for such a period not later than the conclusion of the investigation as he considers necessary and thereafter shall return the same to the company or the other body corporate, or, as the case may be, to the managing director or the manager or any other person from whose custody or power they were seized:
Provided that the inspector may, before returning such books and papers as aforesaid, take copies of, or extracts from them or place identification marks on them or any part thereof or deal with the same in such manner as he considers necessary.
(3) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), relating to searches or seizures shall apply mutatis mutandis to every search or seizure made under this section.
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- 206 Power to call for information, inspect books and conduct inquirie
- 207 Conduct of inspection and inquiry
- 208 Report on inspection made
- 209 Search and seizure
- 210 Investigation into affairs of company
- 211 Establishment of Serious Fraud Investigation Offic
- 212 Investigation into affairs of company by Serious Fraud Investigation Office
- 213 Investigation into company‘s affairs in other cases
- 214 Security for payment of costs and expenses of investigatio
- 215 Firm, body corporate or association not to be appointed as inspecto
- 216 Investigation of ownership of company
- 217 Procedure, powers, etc., of inspectors
- 218 Protection of employees during investigation
- 219 Power of inspector to conduct investigation into affairs of related companies, etc
- 220 Seizure of documents by inspecto
- 221 Freezing of assets of company on inquiry and investigation
- 222 Imposition of restrictions upon securities
- 223 Inspector‘s report
- 224 Actions to be taken in pursuance of inspector‘s report
- 225 Expenses of investigatio
- 226 Voluntary winding up of company, etc., not to stop investigation proceeding
- 227 Legal advisers and bankers not to disclose certain information
- 228 Investigation, etc., of foreign companies
- 229 Penalty for furnishing false statement, mutilation, destruction of document
