Where any Excise Officer below the rank of 1[a Sub-Inspector of Excise]1 makes any arrest, seizure or search under this Act, he shall, within twenty-four hours thereafter,-
(a) make a full report of all the particulars of the arrest, seizure or search to his immediate official superior 2[;]2
1. Substituted by Act 1 of 1971 w.e.f. 07.08.1970.
2. Substituted by Act 36 of 1987 w.e.f. 10.08.1987.
(b) unless bail be accepted under section 59, take or send the person arrested 2[x x x]2, with all convenient despatch, to a Magistrate for trial or adjudication 1[; and]1
1. Substituted by Act 36 of 1987 w.e.f. 10.08.1987.
2. Omitted by Act Act 36 of 1987 w.e.f. 10.08.1987.
1[(c) make a report of such seizure and take or send the thing seized, with all convenient despatch, to the authorised officer.]1
1. Inserted by Act 36 of 1987 w.e.f. 10.08.1987.
Excise [1966: KAR. ACT 21 404