Criminal Procedure Code
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115. (Deleted by Act A1274).
Search by police officer
116. (1) Whenever a police officer making a police investigation
considers that the production of any document or other thing is
necessary to the conduct of an investigation into any offence
which he is authorized to investigate and there is reason to believe
that the person to whom a summons or order under section 51
has been or might be issued will not or would not produce the
document or other thing as directed in the summons or order
or when the document or other thing is not known to be in the
possession of any person, the officer may search or cause search
to be made for the same in any place.
(2) That officer shall, if practicable, conduct the search in
person.
(3) If he is unable to conduct the search in person and there
is no other person competent to make the search present at the
time, he may require any officer subordinate to him to make the
search, and he shall deliver to the subordinate officer an order in
writing specifying the document or other thing for which search
is to be made and the place to be searched, and the subordinate
officer may then search for the thing in that place.
(4) The provisions of this Code as to search warrants shall,
so far as may be, apply to a search made under this section.
Search and seizure without warrant
116a. (1) Whenever it appears to any police officer not below
the rank of Inspector that there is reasonable cause to suspect that
there is concealed or deposited in any place any evidence of the
commission of a security offence or any offence relating to an
organized crime and such police officer has reasonable grounds for
believing that, by reason of delay in obtaining a search warrant,
the object of the search is likely to be frustrated, he may—
(a)
enter any premises and there search for, seize and take
possession of, any book, document, record, account or
data, or other article;
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