(1) Save as is in this Act otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 relating to arrest, detentions in custody searches, summons, warrants of arrest, search-warrant and the production of person of or persons arrested shall apply so far as may be, to arrest, detentions and search made, summons and warrants issued, and the production of the persons arrested under this Act.
(2) for the purpose of the said provisions of the said code, a Collector shall be deemed to by a court.
(3) Officers to whom a Collector's warrant is directed or endorsed, an officers (other than Collectors) making arrest, search or seizures under this Act, shall for the purposes of the said provisions of the said code, be deemed to be police officers.
Custody by Police of Articles seized.
Reports of arrests, Seizures and search.
Execution of Collector's warrant.
Maximum period of detention.
Application of certain Provisions of the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
74. No Magistrate other than:-:- A Magistrate whose powers are not less than those of a Magistrate of the second class, shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
75. No Magistrate shall take cognizance of an offence referred to- ( a) in section 34, section 37, section 43 or section 44 except on his own knowledge or suspicion, or on the complaint or report of an Excise Officer or an officer empowered in this behalf by the State Government, or
(b) in section 45, section 49, clause (d) or clause (e) or section 50, except on the complaint or report of the Collector authorised by the Collector in this behalf.
76. The provision of section 191 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall not apply in any case in with a Magistrate takes cognizance of an offence under this Act on the report of any officer referred to in clause (a) or clause {b) of section 7-5.
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