The Excise Commis!ioner, or a Collector or any Excise

³ Subs. by M. P. Act 27 of 1965, S, 3.

Officer not belm-v such rank as the State Government may by noti- fication prescribe, or any Police Officer duly empO\vered in that behalf! may- '( a) enter and inspect, at any time by day or bt night, any place in ,\hich any licensed manufacturer manu- factures or stores any intoxicant; and ( b) enter and inspect, at any time within the hours during which sale is permitted and at any other time during which the same may be open, any place in which any intoxicant is kept for sale by any person holding a licence under this Act; and ( c) examine accounts and registers, and examine, test, measure or weight any materials, stills, utensils, im- plements, apparatus or intoxicant found in such place. 52. (1) Any Excise Officer, or any Police Officer not below such rank as the State Government may by notification prescribe, or any single offica or class of officers of the Land Revenue Department duly empO\vered in this behalf by notification of the State .Government, subject to St!ch restriction as the State Government may prescribe:, and any other person, duly empmver- ed by notification of the State Government in this behalf may- 3( (a) arrest V-.'ithout ·warrant any person found committing an otlencc punishable under [section 23-A, section 34} section 35, section 36, section 36-A, section 36-B, section 36-C or section 37; and] L Words "or Coca plant" omitted by Central Act 2of 1930. 2. Words "Erythroxylon coca" omitted by C. P. Act l of 1927, S. 3. 4. Ins, by M. P. Act 2 3 of 1978, S. 3. for "section 34".

(b) (c) THE MADHYA PRADESH EXCISE ACT, 1915

seize and detain any ( intoxicant _)l or other article

which he has reason to believe to be liable to con- fiscation, under this Act or anv other law for the time being in force relating to excise-revenue; and detain and search any :eerson upou whom, and any vessel? ra!-"t, vehicle, aru.mal, package, receptacle or coveru1.g m or upon wluch he may have reasonable cause to suspect any such article to be.

1. (2) When any person is accused or reasonably suspected of committing an offence under this Act: and on demand of such officer refuses to give hi.s name and residence or gives. a name and residence which such officer has reason to believe to be false he mav be arrested by such officer in order that his name and resi- da~ce may be ascertained. l53. If a Magistrate; upon information and a[i.cr such inquiry (if any) as he thinks necessary has reason to believe that an offence under section 34·, section 35, section 36, section 36-A, section 36-B, section 36-C, section. 37, section 38, section. 38-A, section 39 or section 40 has been) is being or is likely to be committed, he may issue a war'rant- ( a) for the search of any place in which he has reason to believe that any intoxicant still, utensil, implement, apparatus or materials which arc used for the comrrussion of such offence, ol' in respect of which such offence has been, is being or is likely to be, committed, at'e kept or concealed; and
   • (b) for the arrest of any person whom he has reason to believe to have been, to be) 01· to be likely to be engaged in the commission of any such offence. Power of magistrate to issue a wai.Ta.nt.