Maintenance of Panchayat records, etc., and liability to hand them over.

(3) On receiving an application under sub-section (2), the Magistrate may by a warrant authorise a police officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector to enter and search any place where the said records and registers and other property are kept or are believed to be kept and to seize the property which so seized shall be handed over to the Sarpanch or such other person authorised by the Deputy Commissioner.