Power to seize records

Health198826 sections

Statutory text

(1) If the Appropriate Authority or the State or local Vigilance Committee has reason to believe that any breach of the provisions of this Act has been committed at any centre, laboratory or clinic, or that pre-natal diagnostic procedures or techniques are used for prediction of sex, then the Chairman of the State or local Vigilance Committee or any other member duly authorised by the State Authority or the Committee shall have power to search the premises of such centre, laboratory or clinic and to seize such records and documents as may be necessary, on granting a receipt for the same, and the records and documents so seized shall be retained by the Authority or the Committee for so long a period as may be necessary in connection with any proceeding or for a prosecution under this Act.
(2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall apply to the proceedings taken under sub-section
(1) and the person taking such proceeding shall take the assistance of a police officer of the nearest police station, whenever necessary.

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