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(Whoever possesses or deals in prepared opium shall be punishable with im pnsonrnent which may extend to two years with fine or with both.] 1 Enhan~s n . Whoever having been previow ly convicted of an offena of punllb· under section 8, 9 or )0 is again convicted of an offence und =~QUeen- either of these sections, shall be liable to twice the punisbm.t2l. viction. which might be imposed on a fin t convic tion. Search WV" ( 12. Ifa magistrate of the fh'st clan upon information receiv rants and and after such enquiry (if any) as he considers necessary h poweh' to reason to believe that the smoking of opium is going on Or is per. earc . mitted in any place or that any place is used for the purposes an opium -smoking assembly. he ma y after re cording hi. reese issue a warrant to an officer of the Excise Department not below the rauk of[a Sub-Inspectorj l or of the Police Department not below the rank of a Suo-Inspector or officer in charge of a police station authorising him:- (a) to enter such place by day or nigh t with any penon! whose assistance such officer rnay consider necessary ; (b) to search all parts of such place in which such officer has reason to believe that any opium or any apparatus for the preparation of opium or for opium-s moking is concealed and all or any persons whom he n:ay find in such place; (c) to arrest any person found in such place who m he has reason to believe to be guilty of an offence under this Act; (d) to seize all opium and apparatus for opium -smoking or for the preparation of opium which may be found in such place.) . .