94.
Search
of place suspected
forgeddocuments, etc.
to
contain
stolen
property,
94. Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged
documents,
etc. (1) If a District
Magistrate,
Sub-divisional
Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class, upon information and
after such inquiry as he thinks necessary, has reason to believe that
any place is used for the deposit or sale of stolen property, or for
the deposit, sale or production of any objectionable article to which
this section applies, or that only such objectionable article is
deposited in any place, he may by warrant authorise any police officer
above the rank of a constable(a)
to enter, with such assistance as may be required, such
place,
(b)
to
warrant,
search
the
same in the manner
specified
in
the
(c)
to take possession of any property or article therein
found which he reasonably suspects to be stolen property or
objectionable article to which this section applies,
(d)
to
convey
such property or
article
Magistrate,
or to guard the same on the spot
offender is taken before
before
a
until the
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a Magistrate, or otherwise to dispose of it in some place
safety,
of
(e)
to take into custody and carry before a Magistrate
every person found in such place who appears to have been
privy to the deposit, sale or production of any such property
or article knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect it
to be stolen property or, as the case may be, objectionable
article to which this section applies.
(2) The
objectionable
articles to which this
section
applies
are(a)
counterfeit coin;
(b)
pieces
Tokens Act,
contravention
under section
(c)
of metal made in contravention of the Metal
1889 (1 of 1889), or brought into India in
of any notification for the time being in force
11 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);
counterfeit currency note; counterfeit stamps;