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Section 287: Arrest of persons and seizure and confiscation of things for offences against the two last foregoing sections.

The Cantonments Act, 2006Central Act · Act 41 of 2006

[287. Arrest of persons, seizure and confiscation of things for offences under section 285.-- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), any police officer or excise officer may, without an order from a Judicial Magistrate, and without a warrant, arrest any person who commits an offence under section 285 and may seize and detain any spirituous liquor or intoxicating drug in respect of which an offence under section 285 has been committed and any vessels or coverings in which the liquor or drug is contained.

(2) Where a person accused of an offence under section 285 has been previously convicted of an offence under that section, an officer in charge of a police station may, with the written permission of a Judicial Magistrate, seize and detain any spirituous liquor or intoxicating drug within the cantonment or within any limits defined under that section which, at the time of the alleged commission of the subsequent offence, belonged to, or was in the possession of, such person.

(3) The court convicting a person of an offence under section 285 may order the confiscation of the whole or any part of anything seized under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2).

(4) Subject to the provisions of Chapter XXXIV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) anything, seized under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) and not confiscated under sub-section (3) shall be restored to the person from whom it was taken.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Cantonments Act, 2006
Section287
Marginal noteArrest of persons and seizure and confiscation of things for offences against the two last foregoing sections.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 18 of 2023. . Subs. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule for section 287 (w.e.f. 2-11-2023).

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