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Power to search without warrant - Whenever the Commissioner or a Collector 8[or Executive Magistrate] or any police officer not below the rank of an officer-in-charge of a police station or any excise officer not below the rank of Prohibition and Excise Sub-Inspector 9[or any Special Enforcement Bureau Officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector] has reason to believe that an 1 . Substituted by the Act No.17 of 2020, S.11 2 . Substituted by the Act No.20 of 1994, 3 . Substituted by the Act No.10 of 1989, S.19 4 . Inserted by the Act No.20 of 1994 5 . New section inserted by the Act No.4 of 1994, S.14 6 . Inserted by the Act No.17 of 2020. S.12 7 . Substituted by the Act No.17 of 2020, S.12