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Section 53: Power of Magistrate to issue a warrant

MP Excise ActState Act of Madhya Pradesh · Act 11 of 1915

If a Magistrate, upon information and after such inquiry (if any) as he thinks necessary, has reason to believe that an offence under Section 34, Section 35, Section 36, Section 36 -A, Section 36-B, Section 36-C, Section 37, Section 38, Section 38 -A, Section 39, or Section 40 has been, is being or is l ikely to he, committed, he may issue a warrant—

(a) for the search of any place in which he has reason to believe that any intoxicant st i l l , utensil , implement, apparatus or materials which are used for the commission of such offence or in respect of which such offence has been, is being or is l ikely to be, committed, are kept or concealed; and

(b) for the arrest of any person whom he has reason to believe to have been, to be, or to be l ikely to be engaged in the com mission of any such offence.

Where this provision sits

ActMP Excise Act
Section53
Marginal notePower of Magistrate to issue a warrant
JurisdictionState of Madhya Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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