Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985
30. Power to search.-
1. Where
the Controller has reason to believe that any weight or measure, liable to be
seized under this Act, or any document or thing in relation to any weight or
measure, will be, in his opinion, useful for or relevant to, any proceeding
under this Act, is secreted in any place, he may search or authorise any
officer, not below the rank of an Inspector, to search for and seize, such
weight or measure, document or thing, and the provisions of sections 100 and
102 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall apply to every
such search.
2. Every
authorisation made by the Controller under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to
be a warrant referred to in section 93 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
(2 of 1974).