Power of entry and seizure

(1) Any police Officer not below the rank of a Station House Officer or any officer duly empowered by the Controller in this behalf, may— (a) enter and search at any time any premises in which he has reason to believe that any molasses in respect of which any offence punishable under this Act or any rule or order made thereunder has been, or is about to be committed, are kept or concealed, (b) seize such molasses and any box, receptacle, package or covering containing such molasses. (2) All searches made under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898).