(1) The Central Government1[* * *] may make rules consistent with this Act authorising any officer, either by name or in virtue of his office-
(a) to enter, inspect and examine2[any place, aircraft, carriage or vessel] in which an explosive is being manufactured, possessed, used, sold,2[transported, imported or exported] 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,2[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 make samples of any explosive found therein on payment of the value thereof; and
3[(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 the4[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)] relating to searches under that Code shall, so far as the same are applicable, apply to searches by officers authorised by rules under this section.
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1. The words "or the local Government with the previous sanction of the Governor-General in Council" omitted by the A.O. 1937.
2. Substituted by Act 32 of 1978, section 9, for certain words w.e.f. 2-3-1983.
3. Substituted by Act 32 of 1978, section 9 for clause (d) w.e.f. 2-3-1983.
4. Substituted by Act 32 of 1978, section 9, for "Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)" w.e.f. 2-3-1983.