Power of seizure and arrest in public places

Any Officer of Excise and Police Departments referred to in sub-section

1. (1) of section 50 of this Act may -
   • (a) seize, in any public place or in transit any liquor, material, utensil, implement or apparatus in respect of which he has reasons to believe that an offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder, has been committed, and alongwith it, any document or other article which may furnish evidence of the commission of the offence, and
   • (b) detain, search and arrest any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed an offence under this Act.