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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Passports Act, 1967 Section 14

Power of search and seizure

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Passports Act, 1967 Section 14 is part of Passports Act, 1967 - Power of search and seizure. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1 ) Any officer of customs empowered by a general or special order of the Central Government in this behalf and any 3 (b) [b] Substituted for the words "officer of police," by the Passports (Amendment) Act (35 of 1993), S. 7 (1-7-1993). [officer of police or emigration officer] not below the rank of a sub-inspector may search any place and. seize any passport or travel document from any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed any offence punishable under (section 12) . (2) The provisions of the a [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973], relating to searches and seizures shall, so far as may be, apply to searches and seizures under this section.

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