Criminal Procedure Code 57 Forfeiture of counterfeit currency 62b. (1) Any police officer not below the rank of Inspector, upon being satisfied that any person has in his possession any forged or counterfeit currency note or bank note or any machinery, instrument or material used or intended to be used for the forging or counterfeiting of any currency note or bank note, may without warrant and with or without assistance enter and search any place where any such currency note or bank note or any such machinery, instrument or material is kept and seize all the notes, machinery, instrument or material. (2) Anything seized under subsection (1) shall, by order of the Court before which any person is tried relating to its possession, or where there is no trial, by order of a Magistrate, be forfeited and shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct. Summary search 63. (1) Any police officer may under the circumstances mentioned in this section, be authorized in writing by the Chief Police Officer to enter, and if so authorized, may enter any place in search of stolen property and search and seize and secure any property which he believes to have been stolen in the same manner as he would be authorized to do if he had a search warrant and the property seized, if any, corresponded to the property described in the search warrant. (2) In every case in which property is seized in pursuance of this section the person in whose place it was at the time of seizure or the person from whom it was taken, if other than the person in whose place it was, shall unless previously charged with receiving the same knowing it to have been stolen be summoned before a Magistrate to account for his possession of the property, and the Magistrate shall make such order respecting the disposal of the property and may award such costs as the justice of the case may require. (3) The Chief Police Officer may give such authority as aforesaid in the following cases or either of them— (a) when the place to be searched is or within the preceding twelve months has been in the occupation of or used by any person who has been convicted of receiving stolen property or of harbouring thieves; or

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