Power to Prohibition and Excise Officer

the rank of an Excise Sub-Inspector

3[or Special Enforcement Bureau Officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector] may, as regards offences under

4[section 27, section 34], section 35, section 36,

5[section 37 or section 37 A or section 40 A] exercise within such area as may be notified in this behalf, powers conferred on an officer-in-charge of a police station by the provisions of

6[the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973]: Provided that any such power shall be subject to such restrictions and modifications, as may be prescribed.

1. (2) For the purposes of section 156 of the said Code, the area in regard to which a Prohibition and Excise Officer 7[or a Special Enforcement Bureau Officer] is empowered under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a police station and such officer shall be deemed to be the officer-in-charge of such station. 8[56.A - Cognizance and trial of offence- Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), all offences under this Act shall be cognizable and the provisions of the said

code with respect to cognizable offences shall apply to them:

Provided that the offences punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years under this Act shall be tried in accordance with the procedure prescribed by chapter- XXI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.]