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TypeBare Act JurisdictionWest Bengal Government

Opium Act, 1878 Section 14

Power to enter, arrest and seize, on information that opium is unlawfully kept in any enclosed place 1 Words subs. for

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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 1 Words subs. for. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 and thereafter, the word "State" subs. for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.[State Government] in this behalf, and who has reason to believe, from personal knowledge or from information given by any person and taken down in writing, that opium liable to confiscation under this Act is 3 Word "manufactured" om. by Act 2 of 1930.* * * kept or concealed in any building, vessel or enclosed place, may, 4 Words subs. for the words "between sunrise and sunset" by Ben. Act 5 of 1933.[at any time by day or night],-

(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 opium 5 Words "and all materials used in the manufacture thereof om. by Act 2 of 1930.* * * * and any other thing which he has reason to believe to be liable to confiscation under

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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 1 Words subs. for) 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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