Certificate, arms, etc. to be delivered up by person ceasing

to be member of the Home Guards :– (1) Every person who for any reason ceases to be a member of the Home Guards shall forthwith deliver up to the commandant or to such person and at such places as the Commandant may direct, his certificate of appointment or of office and the arms, accoutrements, clothing and other necessities furnished to him as such member.

1. (2) Any Magistrate, or after recording his reasons in writing any Police-officer not below the rank ofAssistant or Deputy Superintendent of Police, may issue a warrant to search for and seize wherever they may be found, and certificate, arms, accoutrements, clothing or other necessaries not so delivered and every warrant so issued shall be executed in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898) by a Police-officer or if the Magistrate or the Police-officer issuing the warrants so directs, by any other person,