Section 117: Investigations, arrests, searches, etc., how to be made.

The Maharashtra Prohibition ActState Act of Maharashtra · Act 25 of 1949

Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, all investigations, arrest, detentions in custody and searches shall be made in accordance with provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898(V of 1898):

Provided that * * * * no search shall be deemed to be illegal by reason only of the fact that witnesses for the search were not inhabitants of the locality in which the place searched is situated.

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Act	The Maharashtra Prohibition Act
Section	117
Marginal note	Investigations, arrests, searches, etc., how to be made.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
Status	In force as published by the source

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