Power of entry and search

(1) It shall be lawful for any police officer, not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police, authorized by the State government in this behalf by general or special order in writing; (i) to enter, if necessary, by force, whether by day or night, or with such assistants as he considers necessary, at any premises where he has reasonable cause to believe that any provision of this Act or the rules made there under are or are being or are likely to be contravened or a breach of any of the conditions of the licence is or is likely to be committed; (ii) to search the place and the persons whom he may find therein; (iii) to take into custody and produce before a Judicial Magistrate all such persons as are concerned or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists having been concerned with any contravention or breach referred in clause (i), and; (iv) to seize all things found therein which are intended to be used or are reasonably to have been used in connection with contravention or breach. (2) All searches under this Section shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedures, 1973.