The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000
24. Power of seizure
and arrest in public places.-
Any subordinate
officer to the enforcement officer as is authorised in section 23 may-
a.
seize,
in any public place or in transit, any goods, in relation to which he has
reason to believe an offence punishable under Chapter VI has been committed,
and, along with such goods, any conveyance liable to confiscation under this
Act, and any document or goods which he has reason to believe may furnish
evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under Chapter VI relating
to such goods;
b.
detain
and search any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed an
offence punishable under Chapter VI, and, if such person has any Toxic Chemical
or Precursor or any Discrete Organic Chemical phosphorous, sulphur or fluorine
in his possession and such possession appears to him to be unlawful, arrest him
and any other person in his company. including Discrete Organic Chemicals
containing elements of Explanation.-
For the purposes of
this section, the expression "public place" includes any public
conveyance, shop, hotel or other place intended for use by, or accessible to,
the public.