(1) The Commissioner of Police in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada and the District Collector elsewhere may,-
(a) enter and search at all reasonable times with such assistance, if any, as he considers necessary any place in which he has reason to believe that an offence punishable under this Chapter, has been or is being committed;
(b) seize, and detain any material which he has reason to believe contravenes any of the provisions of this Chapter;
(c) examine any record, register, document or any other material or object found in any place mentioned in clause (a) and seize the same if he has reason to believe that it may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under this Chapter.
(2) Where any property is seized under sub-section (1), such seizure shall be reported to a Magistrate forthwith, and the provisions of Chapter XXXIV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall apply to the custody and disposal thereof or as they apply to property referred to therein.
Constitution of Authority for determination of questions relating to obscenity of poster.
Penalty.
Power to make search and seizure.
Central Act 2 of 1974.
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(3) The Commissioner of Police or the District Collector may, by order, delegate the powers under this section to an officer not below the rank of an Inspector of Police or a Mandal Revenue Officer (Gazetted).
12. Where a person has been convicted by any court for contravening any provision of this Chapter or any rule relating thereto, the court may direct that any poster or other document (including all copies thereof), articles or things in respect of which the contravention is made, shall be forfeited to the Government.