(1) The Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, or any Prohibition Officer duly empowered in this behalf, or Magistrate or a Police Officer not below the rank of an Assistant or Deputy Superintendent of Police specially empowered by the 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;
(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, mhowra flowers 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 or other thing liable to confiscation or forfeiture under this Act is kept or concealed and for the seizure of such intoxicant, hemp, mhowra flowers or molasses or such other things 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 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, by a Police Officer or a Prohibition Officer duly empowered in this behalf or if the officer issuing the warrant deems fit, by any other person.