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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Opium Act, 1878 Section 14

POWER TO ENTER, ARREST AND SEIZE, ON INFORMATION THAT OPIUM IS UNLAWFULLY KEPT IN ANY ENCLOSED PLACE -28[Any officer of

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Opium Act, 1878 Section 14 is part of Opium Act, 1878 - POWER TO ENTER, ARREST AND SEIZE, ON INFORMATION THAT OPIUM IS UNLAWFULLY KEPT IN ANY ENCLOSED PLACE -28[Any officer of. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) enter into any such building, vessel or place;

(b) in case of resistance, break open any door and remove any other obstacle to such entry;

(c) seize such opium30[* * *] and any other thing which he has reason to believe to be liable to confiscation under section 11-or any, other law for the time being in force relating to opium; and (d) detain and search, and, if he thinks proper, arrest, any person whom he has reason to believe to be guilty of any offence relating to such opium under this or any other law for the time being in force.

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What does Opium Act, 1878 Section 14 provide?

Section Section 14 of the Opium Act, 1878 (POWER TO ENTER, ARREST AND SEIZE, ON INFORMATION THAT OPIUM IS UNLAWFULLY KEPT IN ANY ENCLOSED PLACE -28[Any officer of) is reproduced on this page as part of the Opium Act, 1878. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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