Service Tax 1994
82. Power to Search Premises.
(1) If the [3 Commissioner of Central Excise
has reason to believe 3 ] that any documents or books or things which in his
opinion will be useful for or relevant to any proceeding under this Chapter are
secreted in any place, he may authorize any other Central Excise Officer to
search or may himself search for such documents or books or things.
(2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), relating to searches, shall, so far as may be,
apply to searches under this section as they apply to searches under that Code.