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1) The [Central Government] [* * * * *] may make rules consistent with this Act authorizing any officer, either by name or in virtue of his office-
(a) to enter, inspect and examine [any place, aircraft, carriage or vessel] in which an explosive is being manufactured, possessed, used, sold, transported or imported under a licence granted under this Act, or in which he has reason to believe that an explosive has been or is being manufactured, possessed, used, sold [transported, imported or exported] in contravention of this Act or of the rules made under this Act;
(b) to search for explosives therein;
(c) to take samples of any explosive found therein on payment of the value thereof; and [(d) to seize, detain and remove any explosive or ingredient thereof found therein and, if necessary, also destroy such explosive or ingredient.]
(2) The provisions of the [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973] relating to searches under that Code shall, so far as the same are applicable, apply to searches by officers authorized by rules under this section.