Power of entry and inspection

The Director, Collector, or any Prohibition Officer duly empowered in this behalf by the State Government, or any Police Officer may— (a) enter at any time by day or by night, any warehouse, godown, shop, premises, house, building, vessel, vehicle or enclosed place in which he has reason to believe that any intoxicant, hemp, mhowra flowers, molasses, material or article liable to confiscation under this Act is manufactured, kept or concealed or that any still, utensil, implement or apparatus is used, kept, or concealed for the purpose of manufacturing any intoxicant contrary to the provisions of this Act; (b) in case of resistance, break, open any door and remove any other, obstacle to his entry into any such warehouse, godown, shop, premises, house, building, vessel, vehicle or enclosed place; (c) seize any intoxicant, hemp, mhowra flowers or molasses and any material used in the manufacture of any intoxicant and any still, utensil, implement or apparatus and any other thing which he has reason to believe to be liable to confiscation under this Act and any document or other article which he has reason to believe may furnish evidence of the commission of any offence under this Act; (cc) destory any earthen pot or other receptacle found hanging on a toddy producing tree, if he is satisfied that the person by whom or on whose behalf the pot or receptacle is so hung is not known or cannot be found and he has reason to believe that an offence specified in clause (c) or (d) of sub-section (1) of section 66 is committed; and (d) detain and search and if he thinks proper arrest any person whom he has reason to believe to be guilty of any offence under this Act.