Power of excise officer to search without warrant and further powers of seizure, detention search and arrest

Power of excise officer to search without warrant and further powers of seizure, detention search and arrest. (1) Whenever any excise officer not below such rank as the State Government may by notification prescribe, has reason to believe that an offence punishable under section 61, section 62, section 63, or section 64, has been, is being, or is likely to be committed in any place, and that a search-warrant cannot be obtained without affording the offender an opportunity of escape or of concealing evidence of the offence, he may, after recording the grounds of his belief, at any time by day or by night, enter and search such place, and seize anything found therein which he has reason to believe to be liable to confiscation under this Act.