(1) Where the Central Government or the Board has reasonable grounds to believe that—
(a) any person who under this Chapter is required to produce, or cause to be produced, any books, registers, documents, records, data, plant or material in his custody or power, is likely to omit or fail or has omitted or failed to so produce;
(b) any such books, registers, documents, records, data, plant, or material are likely to be tampered with, altered, mutilated, manufactured, falsified or destroyed; or
(c) any provision of this Act has been, or is likely to be, violated by a licensee or holder of a safety authorisation or by any other person, it may authorise any of its officer to conduct a search of any place, building or facility and seize any such books, registers, documents, records, data, plant, or material referred to in clause (a).
(2) The manner of carrying out search and seizure under sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed.
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(3) The officer conducting the search may requisition the services of any police officer or of any officer of the Central Government, or of both, as the case may be, for assistance related to any of the purposes covered in sub-section (1) and it shall be the duty of every such police officer or officer to comply with such requisition.