Production of articles seized and persons arrested

(1) Articles seized under the warrant of the Collector, and unless security for their appearance before the Collector be taken, persons arrested under such warrant, shall be produced before the Collector. (2) Articles seized under section 57, section 58 of section 60 and persons arrested under this Act by persons or officers not having authority to release arrested persons on bail or on their own bond, shall be produced before or forward to-· a) the Collector an excise Officer empowered under section 65, sub-section (2), to investigate the case, or b) the nearest Excise Officer who has authority to release arrested persons on bail or on their own bond, or c) the officer-in charge of the nearest police station whoever is nearer. (3) When a person arrested is produced before an Excise Officer who has authority to released persons on bail or on their own bond, or before an officer-in charge of a Police Station, such officer shall forward such person to or take security for his appearance before, the Collector or the Excise Officer empowered under section 65, sub-section (2), to investigate the case. (4) When any article seized cannot conveniently be conveyed before an officer referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) as the case may be, the person making the seizure shall dispose · of such article in some place of safety and forthwith report the seizures to such an officer. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, when an article seized under section 57, section 58, section 60 or section 61 is subjected to speedy, decay such articles may be destroyed in accordance with rules made under clause (xxxxii) of section 77.