Powers of entry and inspection

(1) Any officer authorised by the Government in this behalf may at all reasonable times enter into, inspect and search any barge or any place ordinarily used by the registered owner for keeping such barge or keeping accounts of his business for the purposes of seeing or verifying whether the provisions of this Act or any rules made there under are being complied with. (2) All searches made under sub-section (1) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974).