Poisons Act, 1919
7. Power to issue search warrants
(1) The District Magistrate, the
Sub-divisional Magistrate and, in a Presidency-town, the Commissioner of
Police, may issue a warrant for the search of any place in which he has reason
to believe or to suspect that any poison is possessed or sold in contravention
of this Act or any rule thereunder , or that any
poison liable to confiscation under this Act is kept or concealed.
(2) The person to whom the warrant is directed
may enter and search the place in accordance therewith, and the provisions of
the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, relating to search-warrants, shall, as
far as may be deemed to apply to the execution of the warrant..