Duty of officer-in-charge of police station to take charge of article seized

Duty of officer-in-charge of police station to take charge of article seized.— Every officer-in-charge of a police station shall take charge of and keep in safe custody, pending the order of Magistrate or the Commissioner or an Excise Officer duly empowered in that behalf, all articles seized under this Act which may be delivered to him; and shall allow any officer of the Excise Department who may accompany such articles to the police station or may be deputed for the purpose by his superior officer, to affix his seals to such articles, and to take samples of or from them.