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Section 58

Gold (Control) Ordinance, 1968Ordinance · 1968

(1) Every licensed dealer, and every licens'ed refiner and every certified goldsmith shall, if so required by the Gold Control Officer,— Production and Inspection of accounts.(a) produce before him any accounts, register or other documents, and

(b) furnish to the Gold Control Officer any information relating to any gold owned by him or in his possession, custody or control or to the acceptance, receipt, acquisition, sale, delivery, transfer or other disposal of any gold by him.

(2) Every accou'nt, register and other document relating to anygold or to the acceptance, acquisition, receipt, sale, delivery, transfer or other disposal thereof and any gold owned by or in the possession, custody or control of any licenced dealer or refiner or cortifled poldsmith, wherever kept, shall be liable to be inspected by any Gold Control Officer and such officer may, for the purposes of such inspection, enter, at any reasonable time, the business premises of a licensed dealer or refiner or certified goldsmith.

CHAPTER XII ENTRY, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARREST Poww to enter and search.

59. (/) Any Gold Control Officer authorised in this behalf by 'he Administrator may, if he has any reason to suspect that any provision of this Ordinance has been, or is being, or is about to be, contravened, enter, at any reasonable time and search any refinery or the business premises of a licensed dealer or a certified goldsmith.

(2) Any Gold Control Officer, not below the rank of a Superintendent of Central Excise, empowered in this behalf by the Central Government, may, if he has any reason to suspect that any provision of this Ordinance hiSs been or is being, or is about to be, contravened, authorise any officer to enter and to search any premises, vaults, lockers, or any other place, whether above or below ground, or mav himself do so.

Power to search person.

BO. Any Gold Control Officer authorised in this behalf by the Administrator may, if he has any reason to suspect that any person has secreted about his person or in anv other thing,—

(a) any gold in respect of which he suspects that any provision of this Ordinance has been, or is being, or is about to be, contravened;

388 THE GAZETTE OF TNDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAPT II

(b) any document relating to gold which, in his opinion, will be useful for, or relevant to, any inquiry or proceeding for the contravention of any provision of this Ordinance or of any rule or order made thereunder, may search such person or thing.

Condltloni under which a search shall be conducted.

Where this provision sits

ActGold (Control) Ordinance, 1968
Section58
StatusIn force as published by the source

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