Power of search and seizure

If, any Executive Magistrate not below the rank of Sub-Divisional Magistrate or a police officer not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police, upon information given to him by any person and taken down in writing that any document or device in respect of which an offence punishable under this Act has been committed or any document or other article which may furnish evidence of commission of such offence, is kept or concealed in any building, tent, vessel, conveyance or place, he may, at any time-

1. (a) enter into and search any such building, tent, vessel, conveyance or place;
2. (b) break open any door or window of any house and remove any obstacle to such entry in case of any resistance in the presence of at least two independent witnesses;
3. (c) seize any document or device or substance or material used for fabrication of any document which he has reason to believe to be liable to confiscation under this Act and any other document or article which he has reason to believe that it may furnish evidence of the commission of any offence punishable under this Act.