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

Title: Power to Seize Commodities, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....or otherwise deal with, the commodity except with the previous permission of such authorised officer. (2) Where any commodity is seized under sub-section (1) and no notice in respect thereof is given under section 10L within six months of the seizure of such commodity, it shall be returned to the person from whose possession it was seized: PROVIDED that the aforesaid period of six months may, on sufficient cause being shown, be extended by the Director of Inspection and Quality Control by a further period not exceeding six months. (3) The authorised officer may seize any documents or things which, in his opinion will be useful for; or relevant to, any proceeding under this Act. (4) The person from whose custody any documents are seized under sub-section (3) shall be entitled to make copies thereof or take extracts there from in the presence of the authorised officer. (5) If any person legally entitled to the documents or things seized under sub-section (3) objects, for any reason, to the retention by the authorised officer of the documents or things, he may make an application to the Central Government staling therein the reasons for such objection and requesting for.....

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Handlooms ( Reservation of Articles for Production) Act ,1985 Section 8

Title: Power to Search and Seize

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....authorised officer may have been used for the production of such article or class or articles. (2) Where, as a result of any search made under sub-section (1) any article or class of articles or any powerloom has been found and the authorised officer has reason to believe that such article or class of articles has been produced, or such powerloom has been used for the production of any article or class of articles, in contravention of any order made under section 3, he may seize such article, class of articles or powerloom, together with the package, covering or receptacle, if any, in which such article or class of articles is found;- Provided that where it is not practicable to seize any article or powerloom, the authorised officer may serve on the owner of the article or the powerloom, as the case may be an order that he shall not remove, part with, or otherwise deal with, the article or powerloom except with the previous permission of such authorised officer. (3) Where any article or powerloom is seized under sub-section (2) and no prosecution has been launched within six months of such seizure, it shall be returned to the person from whose possession it was seized. .....

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Income Tax Act, 1961 Section 132B

Title: Application of Seized or Requisitioned Assets

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....the month in which the asset was seized, for release of asset and the nature and source of acquisition of any such asset is explained] to the satisfaction of the Assessing Officer, the amount of any existing liability referred to in this clause may be recovered out of such asset and the remaining portion, if any, of the asset may be released, with the prior approval of the Chief Commissioner or Commissioner, to the person from whose custody the assets were seized : Provided further that such asset or any portion thereof as is referred to in the first proviso shall be released within a period of one hundred and twenty days from the date on which the last of the authorisations for search under section 132 or for requisition under section 132A, as the case may be, was executed ; (ii) if the assets consist solely of money, or partly of money and partly of other assets, the Assessing Officer may apply such money in the discharge of the liabilities referred to in clause (i) and the assessee shall be discharged of such liability to the extent of the money so applied; (iii) the assets other than money may also be applied for the discharge of any such liability referred to in.....

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Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 31

Title: Power of Inspector to Seize Any Weight or Measure

State: Central

Year: 1985

(1) An Inspector may seize and detain any weight or measure in relation to which an offence under this Act is being, or appears to have been, committed, or which is intended or likely to be used in the commission of such offence, and may also seize and detain any goods sold or delivered, or cause to be sold or delivered, by such weight or measure: Provided that where any goods seized under this sub-section are subject to speedy or natural decay, the Inspector may dispose of such goods in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) Where any weight, measure or any article is seized and detained under sub-section (1), the Inspector may also seize and detain any document or other record relating to such weight, measure or article. (3) The provisions of section 102 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall apply to every seizure made under this section.

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Cantonments Act, 2006 Section 91

Title: Power to Seize Etc.

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....by the seizure, custody and safe thereof, unless the demand and expenses are in the meantime paid: Provided that the Chief Executive Officer may, in any case, order that any article of a perishable nature which cannot be kept for five days without serious risk of damage, or which cannot be kept safe at a cost which, together with the amount of octroi, terminal tax or toll, is likely to exceed its value, shall be sold after the lapse of such shorter times as he may, having regard to the nature of the article, think proper. (4) If, at any time before the sale has begun, the person whose property has been seized tenders to the Chief Executive Officer the amount of all expenses incurred and of the octroi, terminal tax or toll, the Chief Executive Officer shall release the property seized. (5) The surplus, if any, of the sale proceeds shall be credited to the cantonment fund, and shall, on application made to the Chief Executive Officer within six months after the sale, be paid to the person in whose possession the property was at the time of seizure, and, if no such application is made, shall become the property of the Board.

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Young Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956 Section 6

Title: Power to Seize and Destroy Harmful Publications

State: Central

Year: 1956

(1) Any police officer or any other officer empowered in this behalf by the State Government may seize any harmful publication. (2) Any magistrate of the first class may, by warrant, authorise any police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector to enter and search any place where any stock of harmful publications may be or may be reasonably suspected to be, and such police officer may seize any publication found in such place if in his opinion it is a harmful publication. (3) Any publication seized under sub-section (1) shall be produced, as soon as may be, before a magistrate of the first class, and any publication seized under sub-section (2) shall be produced, as soon as may be, before the court which issued the warrant. (4) If in the opinion of the magistrate or court such publication is a harmful publication, the magistrate or court may cause it to be destroyed, but if, in the opinion of the magistrate or court, such publication is not a harmful publication, the magistrate or court shall dispose of it in the manner provided in sections 523, 524 and 525 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898).

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Karnataka Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1957 Section 11A

Title: Power to 2[Seize, Detain and Sell] Vehicles

State: Karnataka

Year: 1957

.....from the date of such seizure and detention, the officer empowered by the State Government may, after giving a notice in writing to the registered owner and the person who had the possession or control of the vehicle immediately before such seizure and detention, and considering their objections, if any, recover the tax due by sale of such vehicle in the manner prescribed: Provided that the vehicle shall not be sold if the tax due is paid at any time before sale.] _______________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 38 of 1976 w.e.f. 1.1.1977. 2. Substituted by Act 32 of 1987 w.e.f. 13.11.1987. 3. Re-numbered by Act 32 of 1987 w.e.f. 13.11.1987. 4. Inserted by Act 32 of 1987 w.e.f. 13.11.1987.

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 102

Title: Power of Police Officer to Seize Certain Property

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....when required and to give effect to the further orders of the Court as to the disposal of the same.] 2 [Provided that where the property seized under sub-section (1) is subject to speedy and natural decay and if the person entitled to the possession of such property is unknown or absent and the value of such property is less than five hundred rupees, it may forthwith be sold by auction under the orders of the Superintendent of Police and the provisions of sections 457 and 458 shall, as nearly as may be practicable, apply to the net proceeds of such sale.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 45 of 1978, Section 10 (w.e.f. 18-12-1978). 2. Inserted vide The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005.

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Copyright Act, 1957 Section 64

Title: Power of Police to Seize Infringing Copies

State: Central

Year: 1957

1 [(1) Any police officer, not below the rank of a sub-inspector, may, if heis satisfied that an offence under section 63 in respect of the infringement of copyright in any work has been, isbeing, or is likely to be, committed, seize without warrant, all copies of thework, and all plates used for the purpose of making infringing copies of thework, wherever found, and all copies and plates so seized shall, as soon aspracticable, be produced before a Magistrate.] (2) Any person having aninterest in any copies of a work 2 [,orplates] seized under subsection (1)may, within fifteen days of such seizure, make an application to the magistratefor such copies 2 [orplates] being restored to himand the Magistrate, after hearing the applicant and the complainant and makingsuch further inquiry as may be necessary, shall make such order on theapplication as he may deem fit. ___________________ 1. Substitutedby Act 65 of 1984, section 7 w.e.f. 8-10-1984. 2. Insertedby Act 65 of 1984, section 7 w.e.f. 8-10-1984.

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Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 Section 13

Title: Power to Seize

State: Central

Year: 2003

(1) If any police officer, not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector or any officer of State Food or Drug Administration or any other officer, holding the equivalent rank being not below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Police, authorised by the Central Government or by the State Government, has any reasons to believe that,-- (a) in respect of any package of cigarettes or any other tobacco products, or (b) in respect of any advertisement of cigarettes or any other tobacco products, the provisions of this Act have been, or are being, contravened, he may seize such package or advertisement material in the manner prescribed. (2) No package of cigarettes or any other tobacco products or advertisement material seized under clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall be retained by the officer who seized the package or advertisement material for a period exceeding ninety days from the date of the seizure unless the approval of the District Judge, within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such seizure was made, has been obtained for such retention.

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