Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976
29. Power of
inspection, etc.-
(1) The Director or
any person authorized to exercise the powers or discharge the functions of the
Director, may, if he has any reason to believe, whether from any information
given to him by any person and taken down in writing or from personal knowledge
or otherwise, that any weight or measure or other goods in relation to which
any inter-State trade or commerce has taken place or is intended to take place
and in respect of which an offence punishable under this Act appears to have
been or is likely to be committed are either kept or concealed in any premises
or are in the course of transportation from one State to another,-
(a)
Enter at any reasonable time into any such premises and search for and inspect
any weight, measure or other goods in relation to which inter-State trade or
commerce has taken place, or is intended to take place, and any record,
register or other document relating thereto;
(b)
Seize any weight, measure or other goods and any record, register or other
document or article which he has reason to believe may furnish evidence
indicating that an offence punishable under this Act has been, or is likely to
be, committed in the course of, or in relation to, any inter-State trade or
commerce.
(2) Where any goods
seized under sub-section (1) are subject to speedy or natural decay, the
Director or the authorized person may dispose of such goods in such manner as may
be prescribed.
(3) Every search or
seizure made under this section shall be carried out in accordance with the
provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), relating to
searches and seizures made under that Code.