Power of entry and search.

(1) It shall be lawful for a police officer not below the rank of an Inspector to enter and search, if necessary by force, any Electronic Entertainment Centre at any time, if he has reason to believe that any provision of this Act or the rules made thereunder are or are being or are likely to be contravened or a breach of any of the conditions of the license is or is about to be committed. He may also search any of the persons who he has reason to believe are or have been, or are about to be, concerned with any such contravention or breach, and he shall have the power to seize all such articles which are or are reasonably suspected to have been used in connection with such contravention or breach. (2) All searches under this section shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.