(1) Where any newspaper news-sheet, book, leafl et, booklet or other publi cation wherever printed or published appears to the 2[ State ] Government to contain any advertisement or matter 6[ * ] soliciting the use of, or offering an intoxicant or hemp, the 2[ State ] Government may, by notifi cation in the Offi cial Gazette, declare every copy of such newspaper, news-sheet, book, leafl et, booklet or other publication whether printed or published in the 7[State] or outside to be forfeited to 8[the State Government], and thereupon any Police Offi cer may seize the same wherever found in the 7[State ].
Any Magistrate may by warrant authorize any Police Offi cer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector to enter upon and search for the same in any premises where any copy of such issue or any such a newpaper, news-sheet, book, leafl et, booklet or other publication may be or may be reasonably suspected to be. Every warnant issued under the section shall be executed in the manner provided for the execution of search warrants under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.
(2) The declaration of the 2 [ State ] Government under this section shall be fi nal and shall not be questioned in any Civil or Criminal Court.