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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Chapter 5

Title: Procedure

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....the course of any inquiry or proceedings by such officer, shall be relevant for the purpose of proving, in any prosecution for an offence under this Act, the truth of the facts which it contains,-- (a) when the person who made the statement is dead or cannot be found or is incapable of giving evidence, or is kept out of the way by the adverse party, or whose presence cannot be obtained without an amount of delay or expense which, under the circumstances of the case, the court considers unreasonable; or (b) when the person who made the statement is examined as a witness in the case before the court and the court is of the opinion that having regard to the circumstances of the case, the statement should be admitted in evidence in the interest of justice. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to any proceedings under this Act or the rules or orders made thereunder, other than a proceeding before a court, as they apply in relation to a proceeding before a court.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 2 of 1989, section 15 (w.e.f. 29-5-1989). Section 54 - Presumption from possession of illicit articles 1[54. Presumption from.....

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Section 49

Title: Power to Stop and Search Conveyance

State: Central

Year: 1985

Any officer authorised under section 42, may, if he has reason to suspect that any animal or conveyance is, or is about to be, used for the transport of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance1[or controlled substance], in respect of which he suspects that any provision of this Act has been, or is being, or is about to be, contravened at any time, stop such animal or conveyance, or, in the case of an aircraft, compel it to land and-- (a) rummage and search the conveyance or part thereof; (b) examine and search any goods on the animal or in the conveyance; (c) if it becomes necessary to stop the animal or the conveyance, he may use all lawful means for stopping it, and where such means fail, the animal or the conveyance may be fired upon. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 9 of 2001, section 21 (w.e.f. 2-10-2001).

Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 Section 36

Title: Power to Stop and Search Conveyances

State: Central

Year: 1973

If any officer of Enforcement authorised in this behalf by the Central Government, by general or special order has reason to believe that any document which will be useful for, or relevant to, any investigation or proceeding under this Act is secreted in any aircraft or vehicle or on any animal in India or in any vessel in India or within the Indian customs waters, he may at any time stop any such vehicle or animal or vessel or, in the case of an aircraft, compel it to stop or land, and- (a) rummage and search any part of the aircraft, vehicle or vessel; (b) examine and search any goods in the aircraft, vehicle or vessel or on the animal; (c) seize any such document as is referred to above; (d) break open the lock of any door or package for exercising the powers conferred by clauses (a), (b) and (c), if the keys are withheld.

Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 [Repealed] Section 36

Title: Power to Stop and Search Conveyances

State: Central

Year: 1973

If any officer of Enforcement authorised in this behalf by the Central Government, by general or special order has reason to believe that any document which will be useful for, or relevant to, any investigation or proceeding under this Act is secreted in any aircraft or vehicle or on any animal in India or in any vessel in India or within the Indian customs waters, he may at any time stop any such vehicle or animal or vessel or, in the case of an aircraft, compel it to stop or land, and- (a) rummage and search any part of the aircraft, vehicle or vessel; (b) examine and search any goods in the aircraft, vehicle or vessel or on the animal; (c) seize any such document as is referred to above; (d) break open the lock of any door or package for exercising the powers conferred by clauses (a), (b) and (c), if the keys are withheld.

Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 Section 10D

Title: Power to Stop and Seize Conveyances

State: Central

Year: 1963

Any authorised officer may, if he has any reason to suspect that any conveyance or animal is being, or is about to be, used for the transportation of any commodity which is liable to confiscation under this Act and that by such transportation any provision of this Act has been, is being or is about to be, contravened, at anytime, stop such conveyance or animal or, in the case of an aircraft, compel it to land, and (a) rummage and search the conveyance or any part thereof, (b) examine and search any goods or materials in the conveyance or on the animal, (c) if it becomes necessary to stop any conveyance or animal, he may use all lawful means for stopping it and where such means fail, the conveyance or animal may be fired upon, and where he is satisfied that it is necessary so to do prevent the contravention of any provision of this Act, he may seize such conveyance or animal. Explanation. - Any reference in this section to a conveyance shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to an aircraft, vehicle or vessel.

Customs Act, 1962 Chapter 13

Title: Searches, Seizure and Arrest

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....medical practitioner" means any person who holds a qualification granted by an authority specified in the Schedule to the Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916 (7 of 1916), or notified under section 3 of that Act, or by an authority specified in any of the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956). Section 104 - Power to arrest 3[(1) If an officer of customs empowered in this behalf by general or special order of the Commissioner of Customs has reason to believe that any person in India or within the Indian customs waters has committed an offence punishable under section 132 or section 133 or section 135 or section 135A or section 136, he may arrest such person and shall, as soon as may be, inform him of the grounds for such arrest.] (2) Every person arrested under sub-section (1) shall, without unnecessary delay, be taken to a magistrate. (3) Where an officer of customs has arrested any person under sub-section (1), he shall, for the purpose of releasing such person on bail or otherwise, have the same powers and be subject to the same provisions as the officer-in-charge of a police station has and is subject to under the2Code of Criminal Procedure,.....

Customs Act, 1962 Section 106

Title: Power to Stop and Search Conveyances

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....goods in the aircraft, vehicle or vessel or on the animal; (c) break open the lock of any door or package for exercising the powers conferred by clauses (a) and (b), if the keys are withheld. (2) Where for the purposes of sub-section (1) (a) it becomes necessary to stop any vessel or compel any aircraft to land, it shall be lawful for any vessel or aircraft in the service of the Government while flying her proper flag and any authority authorised in this behalf by the Central Government to summon such vessel to stop or the aircraft to land, by means of an international signal, code or other recognized means, and thereupon such vessel shall forthwith stop or such aircraft shall forthwith land; and if it fails to do so, chase may be given thereto by any vessel or aircraft as aforesaid and if after a gun is fired as a signal the vessel fails to stop or the aircraft fails to land, it may be fired upon; (b) it becomes necessary to stop any vehicle or animal, the proper officer may use all lawful means for stopping it, and where such means fail, the vehicle or animal may be fired upon.

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Chapter V

Title: Inspection, Search, Seizure and Forfeiture

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....with the intention of adversely affecting the operation of such instrument or Equipment, he shall be guilty of an offence punishable under this Act. Section 22 - Power to issue warrant and authorization (1) A Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class or any Magistrate of the second class specially empowered by the State Government in this behalf, may issue a warrant for the arrest of any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed any offence punishable under Chapter VI or for the search, whether by day or by night, of any industry, building, conveyance or place in which he has reason to believe that any goods in relation to which an offence punishable under Chapter VI has been committed or any document or other goods which may furnish evidence of the commission of such offence is kept or concealed. (2) Any enforcement officer or such other officer of the National Authority as is empowered in this behalf by general or special order by the Central Government or any such officer of a State Government as is empowered in this behalf by general or special order of the State Government, if he has reason to believe from personal knowledge.....

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Section 26

Title: Power to Stop and Search Conveyance

State: Central

Year: 2000

Any subordinate officer authorised under section 23 may, if he has reason to suspect that any conveyance is, or is likely to be, used for the transport of any goods in respect of which he suspects that any provision of this Act has been, or is being, or is likely to be, contravened at any time, stop such conveyance, or in the case of an aircraft compel it to land and-- (a) rummage and search the conveyance or part thereof; (b) examine and search any goods in the conveyance; (c) if it becomes necessary to stop the conveyance, he may use all lawful means for stopping it.

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....Chemical Weapons or riot control agents as a method of warfare is received from the Organisation; (f) conduct inspections for the purposes of this Act; (g) interact with the Organisation in respect of acceptance of request of India for Challenge Inspection or to counter any frivolous or defamatory request made by any State Party against India to the Organisation; (h) scrutinise and accept list of Inspectors and to verify the Approved Equipment brought by an Inspection Team on to the Inspection Site; (i) provide escort to the Inspection Team and the Observer within the territory of India; (j) identify and oversee the closure and destruction of Chemical Weapons, Chemical Weapons Production Facilities, Old Chemical Weapons or Abandoned Chemical Weapons; (k) negotiate Managed Access during the Challenge Inspection; (l) ensure decontamination of Approved Equipment after completion of an Inspection; (m) advise Central Government for laying down safeguards for transportation, sampling or storage of Chemical Weapons and fixation of standards for emission or discharge of environmental pollutants arising out of the destruction of Chemical Weapons, Old Chemical Weapons, Abandoned Chemical.....