Powers of certain officers to require production of record or documents, search and seizure, etc.

(1) For the purpose of verification whether the business of money-lending is carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Act or not, the Registrar General, Registrar or any other officer authorized by the Registrar General in this behalf may require any Money-Lender or any person in respect of whom the Registrar General, Registrar, or the officer so authorized has reason to believe that he is carrying on the business of money-lending in the State, to produce any record or document in his possession which in his opinion is relevant for the purpose and thereupon such Money-Lender or person shall produce such record or document. (2) The Registrar General, Registrar or any officer authorized under sub-section (1) may enter and search without warrant any premises where he has reason to believe that an offence under this Act has been or is being or is about to be committed and may seize any record or document found therein or from any person therein which he has reason to believe may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under this Act and he may, so far as may be necessary for the purpose of such search or seizure, detain any person whom he has reason to believe is having committed an offence punishable under this Act. (3) Save as otherwise provided in this section every search or seizure made under this section shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 relating to searches or seizures made under that Code.