(1) The 1[Director], Collector or any Prohibition Offi cer duly empowered in this behalf 2[* * * * *] or a Magistrate or a District Superintendent of Police or an Assistant or Deputy Superintendent of Police specially empowered by the 3[ State ] Government in this behalf may issue a warrant—
(a) for the arrest of any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed an offence under this Act or any other law relating to the excise revenue for the time being in force;
(b) for the search, whether by day or by night, of any building vehicle or place in which he has reason to believe that any intoxicant, hemp, 4[*] mhowra fl owers or molasses are manufactured or sold or stored or that any toddy is drawn, contrary to the provisions of this Act or that any intoxicant, hemp 5[mhowra fl owers, molasses ] or other thing liable to confi scation or forfeiture under this Act or any other law for the time being in force relating to the excise revenue is kept or concealed 6[ and for the seizure of such intoxicant, hemp, 4[**], mhowra fl owers, molasses or such other thing found in such building, vehicle or place ].
(2) All warrants issued under sub-section (1) shall be executed in accordance with the provisions of the Cods of Criminal Procedure, 1898, by a Police Offi cer or a Prohibition Offi cer duly empowered in this behalf or if the offi cer issuing the warrant deems fi t, by any other person.
7[128-A. The provisions of sections 80, 98, 99, 103(1), 104, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 128, 135 and 139 shall apply to 8[denatured spirituous preparations, rotten gur or ammonium chloride] as they apply to any intoxicant under this Act.]