Power to enter and inspect, and power to test and seize measures etc.

Any of the following officers, namely: (a) the Excise Commissioner; or (b) a Collector; or (c) any Excise Officer not below such rank as the State Government may, by notification, prescribe; may, subject to any restriction prescribed by the State Government by rule made under Sec. 89: (i) enter and inspect, at any time by day or night, any place in which any licensed manufacturer carries on the manufacture of or stores any intoxicant; and (ii) enter and inspect, at any time during which the same may be open, any place in which any intoxicant is kept for sale as aforesaid; and (iii) examine the accounts and registers maintained in any such place as aforesaid; and (iv) examine, test measure or weigh any materials, stills, utensils, implements, or intoxicant found in any such place as aforesaid; and (v) examine or test and seize any measures, weights or testing instruments, found in any such place as aforesaid, which he has reason to believe to be false.